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Architectibranchia
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Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectibranchia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 327 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 37 (11%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 343 - 336 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Gründel and A. Nützel. 2012. On the early evolution (Late Triassic to Late Jurassic) of the Architectibranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia), with a provisional classification. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 264(1):31-59 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Acteonoidea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 2,389 | 343 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1985 | Architectibranchia Haszprunar |
2012 | Architectibranchia Gründel and Nützel p. 39 |
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!