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Prostyliferidae ✝
Description | Prostyliferidae is an extinct family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostyliferidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Prostyliferidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Prostyliferidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Prostyliferidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bandel, K. (1992). Über Caenogastropoda der Cassianer Schichten (Obertrias) der Dolomiten (Italien) und ihre taxonomische Bewertung. Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg. 73: 37−97, pls. 1−12. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 3.60 Ma Neogene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Cerithioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Cerithioidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Prostyliferidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Acilia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
Prostylifer ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Ptychostoma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1992 | Prostyliferidae Bandel |
2001 | Prostyliferidae Nützel and Erwin |
2005 | Prostyliferidae Bouchet et al. p. 249 |
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!