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Oxychilidae
Description | Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxychilidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Oxychilidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Oxychilidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Oxychilidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 11.6 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | terrestrial (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Jost, D. Kälin, and S. Börner, D. Vasilyan, D. Lawver, B. Reichenbacher. 2015. Vertebrate microfossils from the Upper Freshwater Molasse in the Swiss Molasse Basin: Implications for the evolution of the North Alpine Foreland Basin during the Miocene Climate Optimum. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 426:22-33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Glanssnäckor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxychilidae |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Carpathica genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cellariopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cibania genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Conulopolita genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Daudebardia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discoxychilus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eopolita genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Glyphyalus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lyrodiscus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mediterranea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Morlina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nastia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Oxychilus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |
Pachyretinella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pilsbryna genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Schistophallus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Selenochlamys genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sinoxychilus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Vitrinoxychilus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Daudebardiidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Daudebardiidae |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1927 | Oxychilidae Hesse |
2000 | Oxychilidae Hausdorf |
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!