Glossaulax reclusiana

Glossaulax reclusiana, also known as Recluz's moon snail, is a species of sea snail in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. It is named for French amateur malacologist César Auguste Récluz.

Glossaulax reclusiana

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
Recluz's moon snailPBDB
Sits inside
Neverita (Glossaulax)PBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Naticidae
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB, for Naticidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Naticidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 47 million years on record.

The record covers at least 48.07 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 56 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Paleocene — about 0 of 301 occurrencesEocene — about 43 of 301 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 13 of 301 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 74 of 301 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 72 of 301 occurrencesPleistocene — about 99 of 301 occurrences57–55 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences55–53 Mya — about 1 occurrence53–51 Mya — about 1 occurrence51–50 Mya — about 1 occurrence50–48 Mya — about 1 occurrence48–46 Mya — about 1 occurrence46–44 Mya — about 1 occurrence44–42 Mya — about 1 occurrence42–40 Mya — about 2 occurrences40–38 Mya — about 3 occurrences38–36 Mya — about 12 occurrences36–34 Mya — about 14 occurrences34–32 Mya — about 4 occurrences32–30 Mya — about 2 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 2 occurrences29–27 Mya — about 2 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 3 occurrences25–23 Mya — about 4 occurrences23–21 Mya — about 13 occurrences21–19 Mya — about 12 occurrences19–17 Mya — about 12 occurrences17–15 Mya — about 10 occurrences15–13 Mya — about 4 occurrences13–11 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences11–9.5 Mya — about 5 occurrences9.5–7.6 Mya — about 5 occurrences7.6–5.7 Mya — about 9 occurrences5.7–3.8 Mya — about 27 occurrences3.8–1.9 Mya — about 73 occurrences1.9–0 Mya — about 73 occurrences48.07 Mya129 ka57 Mya0 Mya

301 occurrences of Glossaulax reclusiana on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

301 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

40 formations

Vaqueros — 34.04°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 33.54°N, 117.78°WVaqueros — 33.55°N, 117.82°WVaqueros — 33.78°N, 117.70°WVaqueros — 33.64°N, 117.59°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 118.83°WVaqueros — 34.33°N, 119.03°WVaqueros — 34.07°N, 119.66°WVaqueros — 34.04°N, 118.88°WVaqueros — 34.06°N, 118.85°WVaqueros — 34.07°N, 118.71°WVaqueros — 34.38°N, 118.84°WVaqueros — 34.32°N, 119.08°WVaqueros — 34.36°N, 118.94°WVaqueros — 34.45°N, 118.92°WVaqueros — 34.42°N, 119.27°WVaqueros — 34.44°N, 119.20°WVaqueros — 34.52°N, 120.43°WVaqueros — 34.53°N, 120.31°WVaqueros — 34.59°N, 120.23°WVaqueros — 34.93°N, 119.06°WVaqueros — 34.98°N, 120.21°WVaqueros — 35.31°N, 120.04°WVaqueros — 35.25°N, 120.06°WVaqueros — 35.34°N, 120.13°WVaqueros — 35.82°N, 121.06°WVaqueros — 35.77°N, 120.93°WVaqueros — 36.07°N, 121.28°WVaqueros — 36.18°N, 121.31°WPico — 34.36°N, 118.56°WPico — 34.33°N, 118.72°WPico — 34.43°N, 118.70°WPico — 34.35°N, 118.52°WPico — 34.34°N, 118.52°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.89°N, 120.55°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.84°N, 120.41°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.90°N, 120.32°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.74°N, 120.41°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.77°N, 120.48°WEugene — 44.06°N, 123.22°WEugene — 44.03°N, 123.10°WEugene — 44.05°N, 123.09°WEugene — 44.16°N, 123.05°WEugene — 44.04°N, 123.04°WEugene — 44.98°N, 123.21°WEugene — 44.94°N, 123.03°WEugene — 44.77°N, 123.03°WTowsley — 34.36°N, 118.51°WTowsley — 34.34°N, 118.54°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.16°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.72°N, 118.28°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.66°N, 117.94°WPancho Rico — 36.05°N, 121.18°WPancho Rico — 36.19°N, 120.86°WPancho Rico — 36.03°N, 120.80°WPancho Rico — 36.03°N, 120.86°WPancho Rico — 35.90°N, 120.84°WPancho Rico — 36.13°N, 120.73°WAngostura — 0.97°N, 79.57°WAngostura — 1.05°N, 79.43°WTejon — 34.96°N, 118.87°WTejon — 34.93°N, 118.87°WTejon — 34.91°N, 119.04°WTejon — 46.41°N, 122.98°WPittsburg Bluff — 45.82°N, 123.18°WPittsburg Bluff — 45.86°N, 123.11°WPittsburg Bluff — 45.83°N, 123.98°WPittsburg Bluff — 45.90°N, 123.15°WTimms Point Silt — 33.73°N, 118.28°WTopanga Canyon — 34.12°N, 118.40°WTopanga Canyon — 34.13°N, 118.57°WSan Emigdio — 35.06°N, 119.18°WSan Emigdio — 35.00°N, 119.29°WSespe — 33.77°N, 117.68°WSan Joaquin — 35.90°N, 120.00°WFernando — 34.05°N, 118.25°WFernando — 34.05°N, 118.25°WLomita Marl — 33.75°N, 118.30°WSan Pedro Sand — 33.74°N, 118.28°WPittsburg — 45.84°N, 123.04°WPittsburg — 45.88°N, 123.12°WYsidro — 24.58°N, 112.00°WYsidro — 28.92°N, 113.95°WCowlitz — 46.40°N, 122.96°WCowlitz — 46.40°N, 122.93°WSan Pedro — 33.93°N, 117.95°WSan Pedro — 33.80°N, 118.16°WGatun — 9.34°N, 79.80°WGatun — 9.36°N, 79.84°WMarkley — 38.47°N, 122.04°W

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The named rock units Glossaulax reclusiana has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 16 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 49 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Glossaulax reclusiana and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Glossaulax reclusiana and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

2,019 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 277 sites for Glossaulax reclusiana, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

64 references

Each of the 301 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 52 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Glossaulax reclusiana

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No 3D scan of Glossaulax reclusiana was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itNeverita (Glossaulax) through timeFormations of the PleistoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Deshayes 1839)