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Fissurelloidea

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)60371https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=60371
Ranksuperfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Fissurelloidea
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
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Fissurelloideasuperfamilybelongs to VetigastropodaimpliedBeesley, 1998
Fissurelloideasuperfamilybelongs to Vetigastropodastated without evidenceLozouet et al., 2001
Fissurelloideasuperfamilybelongs to Pleurotomariinastated without evidenceKosnik, 2002
Fissurelloideasuperfamilybelongs to Vetigastropodastated with evidenceBouchet et al., 2005
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)258
Extant Size (PBDB)110 (43%)
First Recorded Appearance302 - 301 Ma
Carboniferous
Motilityfacultatively mobile, attached (based on Fissurelloidea)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietgrazer (based on Fissurelloidea)
Ecospace CommentsLIFE HISTORY: Grazer on rock, rubble or coral substrates according to Todd (2001).
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. A. Kosnik. 2002. personal opinion.

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Fissurellidae
family		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		998302 Ma
Carboniferous		0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1822Fissurellacea Fleming
1960Fissurellacea Knight et al. p. 227
1987Fissurellacea Squires p. 20
1987Fissurellacea Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1990Fissurellacea Beu et al. p. 402
1998Fissurelloidea Beesley p. 669
2001Fissurelloidea Lozouet et al. p. 17
2001Fissurelloidea Todd
2002Fissurelloidea Kosnik
2005Fissurelloidea Bouchet et al. p. 243

References

Kosnik M. A. (2002) personal opinion.
Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339
Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93
Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283
Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58
Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5
Lozouet P., Lesport J.-F., et al (2001) Révision des Gastropoda (Mollusca) du stratotype de L'Aquitanien (Miocéne inf.) site de Saucats "Lariey", Gironde, France, Cossmanniana 8, 1-189
Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections
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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