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Pleurotomariida
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 21 (4.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 499 - 485 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Vetigastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Vetigastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. R. Cox and J.B. Knight. 1960. Suborders of the Archaeogastropoda. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 33:262-264 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Fissurellacea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pleurotomarioidea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1,559 | 499 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1960 | Pleurotomariina Cox and Knight |
1960 | Pleurotomariina Knight et al. p. 197 |
2004 | Pleurotomariina Stilwell et al. p. 25 |
2016 | Pleurotomariida Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 495 |
2017 | Pleurotomariina Wagner |
2018 | Pleurotomariida Nützel et al. p. 480 |
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!
Black Ven and The Spittles, Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK