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Bullinidae
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectibranchia : Bullinidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (13%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 176 - 172 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Acteonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Acteonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Parvulactaeon genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Sulcoactaeon ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 93 | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1801 | Bullinidae Lamarck |
1994 | Nonacteoninidae Bandel |
1997 | Sulcoactaeonidae Gründel |
1998 | Bullinidae Beesley p. 944 |
2006 | Bullinidae Rosenberg et al. |
2012 | Bullinidae Gründel and Nützel pp. 46 - 47 |
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!