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Bathysciadiidae
| Description | Bathysciadiidae is a family of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cocculiniformia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathysciadiidae, 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 : Gastropoda : Bathysciadiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Bathysciadiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cocculinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Cocculinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Bouchet, J.-P. Rocroi, and J. Frýda, B. Hausdorf, W. Ponder, A. Valdes, A. Warén. 2005. A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names. Malacologia 47(1-2):1-368 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathysciadiidae |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Bathyaltum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bathypelta genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Bathysciadium genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Bonus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Xenodonta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Bathyscaidiidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bathyscaidiidae |
| Bathypeltidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bathypeltidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1900 | Bathysciadidae Dautzenberg and Fischer p. 207 |
| 1971 | Bathypeltidae Moskalev |
| 1998 | Bathysciadidae Beesley p. 656 |
| 2005 | Bathysciadiidae Bouchet et al. p. 245 |
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!
