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Nerineidae
| Description | The Nerineidae is an extinct taxonomic family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerineidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Nerineidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Nerineidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Zittel, K. A. Von. (1873). Die Gastropoden der Stramberger Schichten. Palaeontographica. Suppl., 2(3): 1−373, pls. 40−52. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (5.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 279 - 272 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Heterobranchia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Heterobranchia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. F. Ponder and A. Warén. 1988. Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa. Malacological Review Suppl. 4:288-326 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerineidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Adiozoptyxinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Nerineinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 289 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Nerinoidinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 199 Ma Early Jurassic | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Aphanoptyxis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Cossmannea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 48 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Diptyxis genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Favria ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Nerinea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 285 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Nerinella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 111 | 265 Ma Permian | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Plesioptyxis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Polyptyxis genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 157 Ma Jurassic | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Prodiozoptyxis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Turbinea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Mhrilia haugi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Nerinaeidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Nerinaeidae |
| Umboniidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Umboniidae |
| Umboneidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Umboneidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1873 | Nerineidae Zittel |
| 1957 | Nerinaeidae von der Osten p. 586 |
| 1970 | Nerineidae Ronchetti p. 69 |
| 1988 | Nerineidae Ponder and Warén p. 309 |
| 1998 | Nerineidae Saul and Squires p. 472 |
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!
