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Basommatophora
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Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Basommatophora | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 184 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 96 (52%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | terrestrial (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Amphiboloidea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Siphonarioidea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 116 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Patellopsis genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Pleurolimnaea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pseudohercynella ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Ptychogyra ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Vasculum ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Hygrophila unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 727 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1864 | Basommatophora Keferstein |
1989 | Basommatophora Shoshani et al. p. 435 |
1991 | Basommatophora Gordillo p. 129 |
2001 | Basommatophora Todd |
2002 | Basommatophora Sepkoski, Jr. |
2004 | Basommatophora Kaim p. 157 |
2005 | Basommatophora Bouchet et al. p. 263 |
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!