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Entalinidae
Description | Entalinidae is a family of tusk shells, marine scaphopod mollusks in the order Gadilida. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entalinidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Gadilida : Entalinidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Entalinidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 12 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Gadilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Scaphopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | deposit feeder (based on Gadilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scaphopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. Wells and W. W. K. Houston. 2001. Zoological Catalogue of Australia: Mollusca 17(2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | ミカドツノガイ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entalinidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bathoxiphinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Entalininae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Heteroschismoidinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Bathoxiphus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Costentalina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Entalina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Entalinopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Heteroschismoides genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Pertusiconcha genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Rhomboxiphus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Solenoxiphus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Spadentalina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1979 | Entalinidae Christikov |
2001 | Entalinidae Wells and Houston p. 119 |
2008 | Entalinidae Reynolds and Steiner p. 147 figs. Table 7.2 |
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!