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Phanerotrematidae ✝
| Description | Phanerotrematidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phanerotrematidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Phanerotrematidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Phanerotrematidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Phanerotrematidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Knight, J. B. (1956). New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 46(2): 41−42. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 468 - 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Murchisoniina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Murchisoniina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. B. Knight. 1956. New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2):41-42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phanerotrematidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Brachytomaria ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Phanerotrema ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 52 | 443 Ma Silurian | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Ulrichospira ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 443 Ma Silurian | 426 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1956 | Phanerotrematidae Knight |
| 1960 | Phanerotrematidae Knight et al. p. 209 |
| 1975 | Phanerotrematidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 208 |
| 1999 | Phanerotrematidae Wagner |
| 2003 | Phanerotrematidae Jeffery |
| 2005 | Phanerotrematidae Bouchet et al. p. 243 |
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!
