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Sarganidae
Description | Sarganidae is an extinct family of Cretaceous-aged predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarganidae, 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,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Sarganidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Sarganidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Stephenson, L. W. (1923). North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey, 5. The Cretaceous formations of North Carolina, 1. Invertebrate fossils of the upper Cretaceous formations [with a supplemental chapter on the decapod crustaceans of the upper Cretaceous formations by M. J. Rathbun]. Edwards & Broughton, Raleigh. 604 pp., 102 pls. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (33%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 113 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Neogastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Neogastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Sarganidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pseudecphorinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Sarganinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Schizobasinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Eomorea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Hillites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Praesargana ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1923 | Sarganidae Stephenson |
2005 | Sarganidae Bouchet et al. p. 254 |
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!