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Pachychilidae
Description | Pachychilidae, common name pachychilids, is a taxonomic family of freshwater snails, gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachychilidae, 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 : Pachychilidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Pachychilidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pachychilidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (8.1%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | freshwater | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Cerithioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Cerithioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. F. Ponder and A. Warén. 1988. Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa. Malacological Review Suppl. 4:288-326 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachychilidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Anaplocamidae family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Amnipila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Anaplocamus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Bellatara ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
Brotia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 20 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Charadreon ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Doryssa genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Eginea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Faunus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 72 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Jagora genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Jponsia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Madagasikara genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Melanatria genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 27 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Moniquia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Nodifaunus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Pachychilus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
Paleoanculosa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paludomus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
Paracrostoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Potadoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudobellardia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
Pseudopotamis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sheppardiconcha genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Sulcospira genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 21 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Tinnyea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tylomelania genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Paracostroma pseudosulcospira species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Melanatriidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Melanatriidae |
Potadomatidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Potadomatidae |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1857 | Pachychilidae Troschel |
1988 | Pachychilidae Ponder and Warén p. 294 |
1995 | Pachychilidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156 |
2005 | Pachychilidae Bouchet et al. p. 249 |
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!
Swanscombe and Greenhithe, Dartford, Kent, England, UK