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Nacellidae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)111116https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=111116
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Patellogastropoda : Nacellidae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassEogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1996
orderPatellogastropodaLindberg 1986
superfamilyNacelloideaThiele 1929
familyNacellidae(Thiele 1929)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Nacellidaesubfamilybelongs to Patellidaestated with evidenceKnight et al., 1960
Nacellidaefamilybelongs to Patelloideastated without evidenceGolikov and Starobogatov, 1975
Nacellidaefamilybelongs to Patellidastated without evidenceLindberg and Hickman, 1986
Nacellidaefamilybelongs to NacelloideaimpliedBeesley, 1998
Nacellidaefamilybelongs to Nacelloideastated with evidenceBouchet et al., 2005
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)23
Extant Size (PBDB)11 (48%)
First Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfacultatively mobile, attached (based on Nacellidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietgrazer (based on Nacellidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. N. Golikov and Y. I. Starobogatov. 1975. Systematics of prosobranch gastropods. Malacologia 15(2):185-232

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cellana
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2756.0 Ma
Paleocene
0 Ma
Extant
Nacella
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4172.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1929Nacellinae Thiele
1960Nacellinae Knight et al. p. 234
1975Nacellidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 207
1986Nacellidae Lindberg and Hickman p. 662
1998Nacellidae Beesley p. 646
2005Nacellidae Bouchet et al. p. 242

References

Golikov A. N., Starobogatov Y. I. (1975) Systematics of prosobranch gastropods, Malacologia 15 2, 185-232
Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339
Lindberg D. R., Hickman C. S. (1986) A new anomalous giant limpet from the Oregon Eocene (Mollusca: Patellida), Journal of Paleontology 60 3, 661-668 doi:10.1017/S0022336000022186P
Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5
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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