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Pleurodontidae
Description | Pleurodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurodontidae, 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 : Stylommatophora : Pleurodontidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurodontidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pleurodontidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | terrestrial | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. H. Oostingh. 1935. Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java). Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26:1-247 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurodontidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dentellaria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discolepis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Eurycratera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ganesella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Ganeselloides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Gonostomopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lucerna genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pleurodonte genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 21 | 40.4 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Pleurodontites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thelidomus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1912 | Pleurodontidae Ihering p. 119 |
1935 | Pleurodontidae Oostingh p. 119 |
2005 | Pleurodontidae Bouchet et al. p. 270 |
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!