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Elliptio Rafinesque 1819

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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extinction status

Paleobiology Database
extant
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extant

Definition: This taxon is still in existence, as opposed to extinct.

Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extant_taxon

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first appearance

Paleobiology Database
hauterivian age
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Hauterivian

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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Paleobiology Database

130 million years ago

(max)

habitat

Paleobiology Database
freshwater
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873

Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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(adult)

last appearance

Paleobiology Database
paleocene epoch
URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Paleocene

Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale

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Paleobiology Database

56 million years ago

(min)

mineralized skeleton contains

Mineralogy
aragonite
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52239

Definition: Calcium carbonate (CO3Ca), aragonite structure

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motility

Paleobiology Database
facultatively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/facultativelyMobile

Definition: Organisms that can change location but do so infrequently, e.g., crinoids, some infaunal bivalves.

Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html

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(adult)

number of dna records in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

13

number of fossil occurrences

Paleobiology Database

21

number of public records in bold

Barcode of Life Data Systems

816

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

37139

reproduction

Fairbairn 2013
sexual reproduction
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953

Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.

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trophic guild

Paleobiology Database
suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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