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Valvatoidea
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Valvatoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 17 (40%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 252 - 251 Ma Phanerozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Heterobranchia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Heterobranchia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Cornirostridae genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 24 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Hyalogyrinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 252 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Orbitestellidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Valvatidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 97 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1840 | Valvatoidea Gray |
1998 | Valvatoidea Beesley p. 854 |
References
Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5 |
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!