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Pleurotomariida
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Pleurotomariida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 21 (4.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 499 - 485 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Vetigastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Vetigastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. R. Cox and J.B. Knight. 1960. Suborders of the Archaeogastropoda. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 33:262-264 |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Fissurellacea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pleurotomarioidea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1,559 | 499 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Catantostomatidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Cheeneetnukiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 20 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Cirridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 53 | 265 Ma Permian | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Eotomariidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 840 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Farewelliidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gosseletinidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2,591 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Kittlidiscidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Luciellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 63 | 443 Ma Silurian | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Murchisoniidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 591 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Pavlodiscidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phanerotrematidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 96 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Phymatopleuridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 409 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Planitrochidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 21 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Plethospiridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 427 Ma Silurian | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Pleurotomariidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 867 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Polytremariidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Porcelliidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 154 | 433 Ma Silurian | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Portlockiellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 163 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Pseudophoridae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 155 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Pseudoschizogoniidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Pseudowortheniellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Ptychocaulidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ptychomphalidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 156 | 433 Ma Silurian | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Rhaphischismatidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 347 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Rhaphistomellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 34 | 260 Ma Permian | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Schizogoniidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 48 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Sinuspiridae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trochotomidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 269 Ma Permian | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Wortheniellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 208 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Zygitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1960 | Pleurotomariina Cox and Knight |
| 1960 | Pleurotomariina Knight et al. p. 197 |
| 2004 | Pleurotomariina Stilwell et al. p. 25 |
| 2016 | Pleurotomariida Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 495 |
| 2017 | Pleurotomariina Wagner |
| 2018 | Pleurotomariida Nützel et al. p. 480 |
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!
Black Ven and The Spittles, Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK