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Ptychomphalidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ptychomphalidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 433 - 431 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 174 - 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Vetigastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Vetigastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (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
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Ptychomphalina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 71 | 433 Ma Silurian | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Ptychomphalus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 85 | 354 Ma Carboniferous | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1938 | Ptychomphalinae Wenz |
2005 | Ptychomphalinae Bouchet et al. p. 243 |
2009 | Ptychomphalidae Bandel p. 10 |
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!