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Orthalicidae
Description | Orthalicidae (orthalicid land snails) are a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks are classified in the informal group Sigmurethra of the clade Stylommatophora. They are medium-sized to large snails, from about 3 cm (about 1.2 inches) to 9 cm (about 3.5 inches) in shell length From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthalicidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Orthalicidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Orthalicidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Orthalicidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 5.3 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | terrestrial (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Bouchet, J.-P. Rocroi, and J. Frýda, B. Hausdorf, W. Ponder, A. Valdes, A. Warén. 2005. A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names. Malacologia 47(1-2):1-368 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthalicidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Orthalicinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Aposcutalus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Clathrorthalicus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corona genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cortana genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Geopyrgus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hemibulimus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kara genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Liguus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Metorthalicus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Orthalicus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Paeniscutalus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Porphyrobaphe genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Quechua genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scholvienia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sultana genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Gxyskyla capax species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Liguidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Liguidae |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1860 | Orthalicidae Albers |
2005 | Orthalicidae Bouchet et al. p. 266 |
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!