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Neritopsina

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)61384https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61384
Ranksuperorder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neritopsina
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1997
superorderNeritopsinaCox 1960
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Neritopsinasuperorderbelongs to Archaeogastropodastated with evidenceKnight et al., 1960
Neritopsinasuperorderbelongs to OrthogastropodaimpliedBeesley, 1998
Neritopsinasuperorderbelongs to Orthogastropodastated without evidenceLozouet et al., 2001
Neritopsinasuperorderbelongs to Orthogastropodastated with evidenceJeffery, 2003
Neritopsinasuperorderbelongs to Orthogastropodastated without evidenceHarzhauser, 2004
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)495
Extant Size (PBDB)62 (13%)
First Recorded Appearance450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Neritopsina)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietomnivore, grazer (based on Neritopsina)
Ecospace CommentsLIFE HISTORY: Herbivorous omnivore according to Todd (2001).
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Neritoidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)2,089450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1960Neritopsina Cox
1960Neritopsina Knight et al. p. 275
1998Neritopsina Beesley p. 607
1999Neritopsina Squires p. 13
2001Neritopsina Lozouet et al. p. 19
2003Neritopsina Jeffery
2004Neritopsina Harzhauser p. 105

References

Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5
Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339
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
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
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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