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Portlockiellidae ✝
Description | Portlockiellidae is an extinct family of gastropods in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portlockiellidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Portlockiellidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Portlockiellidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Portlockiellidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Batten, R. L. (1956). Some new pleurotomarian gastropods from the Permian of west Texas. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 46(2): 42−45. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 408 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 260 - 254 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pleurotomarioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Pleurotomarioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. L. Batten. 1956. Some new pleurotomarian gastropods from the Permian of west Texas. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(1):42-44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portlockiellidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Agniesella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Hammatospira ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
Nodonema ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
Permoconcha ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 290 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Portlockiella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
Shansiella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 73 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Tapinotomaria ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 65 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 260 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1956 | Portlockiellidae Batten |
1960 | Portlockiellidae Knight et al. p. 212 |
1975 | Portlockiellidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 208 |
2005 | Portlockiellidae Bouchet et al. p. 244 |
2005 | Portlockiellidae Heidelberger and Koch p. 16 |
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!