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Melongeninae
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| Rank | subfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Melongenidae : Melongeninae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 12 (17%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 372 - 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Melongenidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Melongenidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Bouchet, J.-P. Rocroi, and J. Frýda, B. Hausdorf, W. Ponder, A. Valdes, A. Warén. 2005. A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names. Malacologia 47(1-2):1-368 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Heligmotoma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Melongena genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 332 | 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pentzia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Probuccinum genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Serrifusus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Sycostoma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 53 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1871 | Melongeniinae Gill |
| 1925 | Galeodidae Thiele |
| 1988 | Melongeniinae Ponder and Warén p. 305 |
| 2004 | Melongeniinae Stilwell et al. pp. 38, 40 |
| 2005 | Melongeninae Bouchet et al. p. 255 |
| 2010 | Melongeninae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 77 |
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!
