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Diastomatidae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Diastomatidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (17%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 122 - 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cerithioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Cerithioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Diastomatinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 23 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Diastoma genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 84 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ewekoroia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |
| Finella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Teliostoma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1894 | Diastomidae Cossmann |
| 1988 | Diastomidae Ponder and Warén p. 293 |
| 1990 | Diastomatidae Beu et al. p. 406 |
| 1995 | Diastomatidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 154 |
| 1998 | Diastomidae Beesley p. 729 |
| 2001 | Diastomidae Wienrich p. 411 |
| 2002 | Diastomatidae Kosnik |
| 2004 | Diastomatidae Harzhauser p. 123 |
| 2005 | Diastomatidae Bouchet et al. p. 248 |
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!
