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Tychobraheidae ✝
| Description | Tychobraheidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea, the top shells and their allies, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tychobraheidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Tychobraheidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Tychobraheidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Tychobraheidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Horný, R. (1992). New Lower Devonian Gastropoda and Tergomya (Mollusca) of Bohemia. Casopis Narodniho Muzea v Praze, ser. Prirodovedna. 159(1−4) [for 1990]: 99−110, pls. 1 − 4. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 345 - 336 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Euomphaloidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Euomphaloidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. J. Horný. 1992. New Lower Devonian Gastropoda and Tergomya (Mollusca) of Bohemia. asopis Národniho Muzea, ada píodovdná 159(1-4):99-119 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tychobraheidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Asinomphalus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Komenskyspira ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Micromphalus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 345 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1992 | Tychobraheidae Horný p. 104 |
| 2005 | Tychobraheidae Bouchet et al. p. 245 |
| 2017 | Tychobraheidae Wagner p. HT357 |
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!
