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Protorculidae ✝
| Description | †Protorculidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protorculidae, 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 : Protorculidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Protorculidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bandel, K. (1991). Über triassische “Loxonematoidea” und ihre Beziehungen zu rezenten und paläozoischen Schnecken. Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 65(3−4): 239−268. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 265 - 260 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 0.13 - 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | K. Bandel. 1991. Über triassische "Loxonematoidea" und ihre Beziehungen zu rezenten und paläozoischen Schnecken. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 65:239-268 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protorculidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Acanthostrophia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Acanthostrophia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Anulifera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Atorcula ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Battenizyga ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Chulitnacula ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Lamellox ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Moerkeia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Protorcula ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 50 | 265 Ma Permian | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1991 | Protorculidae Bandel p. 254 |
| 2001 | Protorculidae Frýda and Blodgett |
| 2003 | Protoculidae Nützel et al. |
| 2005 | Protorculidae Bouchet et al. p. 247 |
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!
