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Trochus
| Description | Trochus is a genus of medium-to large-sized, top-shaped sea snails with an operculum, of the family Trochidae, the top snails. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Ochrophyta : Bacillariophyceae : Trochus | |||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||
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| Scientific Name | Trochus R.Gersonde & D.M.Harwood, 1990 | |||||||
| Name Published In | Gersonde, R. & Harwood, D.M. (1990). Lower Cretaceous diatoms from ODP Leg 113 Site 693 (Weddell Sea). Part 1: Vegetative cells. In: Barker, P.F. et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, vol. 113. College Station, Texas (Ocean Drilling Program), 113: 365-402 | |||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochus |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Trochus elegantulus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
References
| Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J. P. (compilers). (2011). Catalogue of Diatom Names. California Academy of Sciences, On-line Version. Updated 2011-09-19. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Gersonde, R. & Harwood, D.M. (1990). Lower Cretaceous diatoms from ODP Leg 113 Site 693 (Weddell Sea). Part 1: Vegetative cells. In: Barker, P.F. et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, vol. 113. College Station, Texas (Ocean Drilling Program), 113: 365-402 - via World Register of Marine Species |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
