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Thersiteidae
| Description | Thersiteidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea, the true conchs and their allies. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thersiteidae, 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 : Littorinimorpha : Thersiteidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Thersiteidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Thersiteidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Savornin, J. (1915). Sur les affinités morphologiques des genres Thersitea Coquand, Pereiraia Crosse, Oostrombus Sacco, gastropodes fossiles des provinces tertiaires méditerranéennes. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. ser. 4, 14: 310−323. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (19%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Stromboidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Stromboidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. F. Ponder and A. Warén. 1988. Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa. Malacological Review Suppl. 4:288-326 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thersiteidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Oostrombus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Orthaulax ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 94 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Thersitea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1914 | Thersiteidae Savornin |
| 1988 | Thersiteidae Ponder and Warén p. 299 |
| 2005 | Thersiteidae Bouchet et al. p. 250 |
| 2007 | Thersiteidae Bandel p. 140 |
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!
