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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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Opinions (PBDB) |
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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!