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Philinoidea
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Philinoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 146 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 38 (26%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 168 - 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Philinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Philinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aglajidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Cylichnidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,335 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Gastropteridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Philinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Philinoglossidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Retusidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 666 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1850 | Philinoidea Gray |
| 1964 | Philinacea Sohl p. 386 |
| 1998 | Philinoidea Beesley p. 942 |
| 2001 | Philinoidea Todd |
| 2004 | Philinoidea Stilwell et al. p. 51 |
| 2007 | Philinoidea Harzhauser p. 112 |
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!
