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Naticoidea

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)61320https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61320
Ranksuperfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticoidea
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
superorderHypsogastropoda
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
Common Namemoon snail
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Naticoideasuperfamilybelongs to Discopodastated with evidencePonder and Warén, 1988
Naticoideasuperfamilybelongs to Caenogastropodastated with evidenceWard, 1992
Naticoideasuperfamilybelongs to LittorinimorphaimpliedBeesley, 1998
Naticoideasuperfamilybelongs to Littorinimorphastated without evidenceTodd, 2001
Naticoideasuperfamilybelongs to Littorinimorphastated with evidenceJeffery, 2003
Naticoideasuperfamilybelongs to Hypsogastropodastated without evidenceHarzhauser, 2004
Naticoideasuperfamilybelongs to Neotaenioglossastated without evidenceStilwell et al., 2004
Naticoideasuperfamilybelongs to Littorinimorphastated without evidenceBouchet et al., 2005
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)636
Extant Size (PBDB)160 (25%)
First Recorded Appearance388 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Motilityslow-moving (based on Naticoidea)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Naticoidea)
Ecospace CommentsECOSPACE CODE: 552. LIFE HISTORY: Predatory carnivores according to Todd (2001).
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. A. Kosnik. 2002. personal opinion.

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Naticidae
family
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Moon Snail7,597388 Ma
Middle Devonian
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1838Naticacea Forbes
1930Billiemia Gregorio p. 14
1957Naticacea Rivera p. 179
1964Naticacea Sohl p. 369
1980Naticacea Hickman p. 34
1983Naticacea Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 103
1984Naticacea Squires p. 24
1987Naticacea Squires p. 35
1988Naticoidea Ponder and Warén p. 301
YearName and Author
1992Naticoidea Ward p. 120
1998Naticoidea Beesley p. 790
2001Naticoidea Todd
2002Naticoidea Kosnik
2002Billiemia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003Naticoidea Jeffery
2004Naticoidea Harzhauser p. 132
2004Naticoidea Stilwell et al. pp. 27, 33
2005Naticoidea Bouchet et al. p. 251

References

Kosnik M. A. (2002) personal opinion.
Rivera R. (1957) Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica, Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32, 165-219
Sohl N. F. (1964) Gastropods from the coffee Sand (Upper Cretaceous) of Mississippi, USGS Professional Paper 331C, 345-394
Hickman C. S. (1980) Paleogene Marine Gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon, Bulletins of American Paleontology 78 310, 1-112
Gliozzi E., Malatesta A. (1983) I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico), Geologica Romana 22, 85-145
Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76
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
Ponder W. F., Warén A. (1988) Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa, Malacological Review Suppl. 4, 288-326
Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2
Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5
Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Jeffery P. (2003) GastroClass: Gastropod Classification Website
Harzhauser M. (2004) Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248, 93-181
Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J., et al (2004) Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance, Bulletins of American Paleontology 367
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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