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Ptychomphalidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)253115https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=253115
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ptychomphalidae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1997
superorderVetigastropodaSalvini-Plawen 1980
superfamilyPtychomphaloideaWenz 1938
familyPtychomphalidae(Wenz 1938)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ptychomphalidaesubfamilybelongs to Eotomariidaestated with evidenceBouchet et al., 2005
Ptychomphalidaefamilybelongs to Ptychomphaloideastated with evidenceBandel, 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)38
First Recorded Appearance433 - 431 Ma
Silurian
Last Recorded Appearance174 - 164 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Vetigastropoda)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietgrazer (based on Vetigastropoda)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K. Bandel. 2009. The slit bearing nacreous Archaeogastropoda of the Triassic tropical reefs in the St. Cassian Formation with evaluation of the taxonomic value of the selenizone. Berliner Paläobiologische Abhandlungen 10:5-47

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ptychomphalina
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
71433 Ma
Silurian
209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Ptychomphalus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
85354 Ma
Carboniferous
174 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1938Ptychomphalinae Wenz
2005Ptychomphalinae Bouchet et al. p. 243
2009Ptychomphalidae Bandel p. 10

References

Bandel K. (2009) The slit bearing nacreous Archaeogastropoda of the Triassic tropical reefs in the St. Cassian Formation with evaluation of the taxonomic value of the selenizone, Berliner Paläobiologische Abhandlungen 10, 5-47
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368
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!
 
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