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Aculifera
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Aculifera | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (3.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 530 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Sachitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Sachitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Vinther, L. Parry, and D. E. G. Briggs, P. Van Roy. 2017. Ancestral morphology of crown-group molluscs revealed by a new Ordovician stem aculiferan. Nature |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Halkieriidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 307 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1891 | Aculifera Blumrich |
2017 | Aculifera Vinther et al. |
References
Vinther J., Parry L., et al (2017) Ancestral morphology of crown-group molluscs revealed by a new Ordovician stem aculiferan, Nature doi:10.1038/nature21055 |
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!