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Muricoidea
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricoidea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2,106 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 619 (29%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 478 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Muricoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Muricoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Predatory carnivores according to Todd (2001). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Mitracea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Rachiglossa superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Babyloniidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Coralliophilidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 23 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Costellariidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Ribbed Mitre | 534 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant |
| Cystiscidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 239 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Harpidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 168 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Marginellidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Margin Shell | 1,123 | 259 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant |
| Mitridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Mitre Shell | 792 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Muricidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Murex Snail | 4,587 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Pholidotomidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 111 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Pleioptygmatidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Purpurellidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Strepsiduridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Taurasinae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Tudiclidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 234 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Turbinellidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 575 | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Volutidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Volute | 2,742 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Volutomitridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 66 | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Fulgerca ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1776 | Muricoidea de Costa |
| 1988 | Muricoidea Ponder and Warén p. 304 |
| 1992 | Muricoidea Ward p. 120 |
| 2001 | Muricoidea Todd |
| 2003 | Muricoidea Snyder p. 5 |
| 2004 | Muricoidea Harzhauser p. 135 |
| 2005 | Muricoidea Bouchet et al. p. 255 |
| 2007 | Muricoidea Harzhauser p. 106 |
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!
