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Luciellidae ✝
Description | Luciellidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciellidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Luciellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Luciellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Luciellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Knight, J. B. (1956). New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 46(2): 41−42. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Murchisoniina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Murchisoniina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. B. Knight. 1956. New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2):41-42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciellidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Crenulazona ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
Echinocirrus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Epiptychia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Luciella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
Platyconus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
Playfordia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Prosolarium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 41 | 443 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
Zhusilengospira ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1956 | Luciellidae Knight |
1960 | Luciellidae Knight et al. p. 209 |
1975 | Luciellidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 208 |
1999 | Luciellidae Wagner |
2003 | Luciellidae Jeffery |
2005 | Luciellidae Bouchet et al. p. 243 |
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!