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Personidae
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Personidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 18 (69%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 55.8 - 53.0 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Personidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Personidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Predatory carnivore according to Todd (2001). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Distorsio genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 344 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Distorsionella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eocymatium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
Kotakaia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
Personopsis genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1854 | Personidae Gray |
1998 | Personidae Beesley p. 798 |
2001 | Personidae Todd |
2005 | Personidae Beu p. 54 |
2005 | Personidae Bouchet et al. p. 253 |
2007 | Personidae Harzhauser p. 105 |
2010 | Personidae Beu |
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!