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Cerithiopsidae
Description | Cerithiopsidae are a family of very small and minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Gastropods in this family are known as cerithiopsids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerithiopsidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cerithiopsidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cerithiopsidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Cerithiopsidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 32 (44%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 129 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Browsing 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Sponshorens, クリイロケシカニモリ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerithiopsidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Aliptinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Cerithiopsinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Seilinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Alipta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Aliptina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Altispecula genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Belonimorphis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Binda genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Cerithiopsidella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Cerithiopsilla genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cerithiopsina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cerithiopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 318 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Clathropsis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Conciliopsis genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Costulopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cubalaskeya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cyrbasia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |
Dizoniopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Ektonos genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cerithiella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Granulopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Horologica genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Joculator genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Koilofera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Krachia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
Krachiopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Marshallopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mendax genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Onchodia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ondulopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Oparopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paraseila genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Pilaflexis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Potenatomus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Prolixodens genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Proseila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Retilaskeya genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Seila genus | listed (PBDB) | 130 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Seila genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Seilopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Socienna genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 21.7 Ma Miocene | 21.7 Ma Miocene | |
Specula genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Speculator genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spinoseila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sundaya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synthopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tasmalira genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thereitis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
Tubercliopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Zaclys genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Eumeta eucosmia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laskeya althea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laskeya apicina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laskeya argentea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laskeya decora species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laskeya docata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laskeya elima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laskeya eliza species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laskeya elsa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laskeya honora species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laskeya leipha species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laskeya merida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laskeya petala species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laskeya serina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lovenella diozodes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Stilus vitreus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1853 | Cerithiopsidae Adams and Adams |
1904 | Cerithiopsidae Martin p. 228 |
1957 | Cerithiopsidae Rivera p. 176 |
1964 | Cerithiopsidae Sohl p. 364 |
1970 | Cerithiopsidae Addicott p. 52 |
1984 | Cerithiopsidae Squires p. 20 |
1988 | Cerithiopsidae Ponder and Warén p. 303 |
1998 | Cerithiopsidae Beesley p. 811 |
2001 | Cerithiopsidae Wienrich p. 440 |
2005 | Cerithiopsidae Bouchet et al. p. 254 |
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!