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Nepotilla
Description | Nepotilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepotilla, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Raphitomidae : Nepotilla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Nepotilla Hedley, 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Hedley C. (1918). A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 51: M1-M120. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 21.7 - 19.0 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Conoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Conoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepotilla |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Nepotilla aculeata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla amoena species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla bartrumi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla bathentoma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla carinata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla diaphana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla excavata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla fenestrata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla finlayi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla lamellosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla marmorata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla microscopica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla mimica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla minuta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla nezi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla nitidula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla powelli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla serrata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla triseriata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla tropicalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nepotilla vera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1918 | Nepotilla Hedley |
1990 | Nepotilla Beu et al. p. 420 |
2002 | Nepotilla Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
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!