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Prosobranchia

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)61921https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61921
Ranksubclass (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Prosobranchia
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Prosobranchiasubclassbelongs to Gastropodastated with evidenceKnight et al., 1960
Prosobranchiasubclassbelongs to Gastropodastated without evidenceSquires, 1984
Prosobranchiasubclassbelongs to Gastropodastated with evidenceWard and Blackwelder, 1987
Prosobranchiasubclassbelongs to Gastropodastated without evidenceGingerich, 1987
Prosobranchiasubclassbelongs to Gastropodastated with evidencePonder and Warén, 1988
Prosobranchiasubclassbelongs to Gastropodastated without evidenceShoshani et al., 1989
Prosobranchiasubclassbelongs to Gastropodastated with evidenceWard, 1992
Prosobranchiasubclassbelongs to Gastropodastated without evidencePetuch, 1992
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)8,375
Extant Size (PBDB)2,181 (26%)
First Recorded Appearance478 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Motilityactively mobile (based on Gastropoda)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. F. Ponder and A. Warén. 1988. Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa. Malacological Review Suppl. 4:288-326

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Caenogastropoda
superorder		listed (PBDB)48,360478 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician		0 Ma
Extant
Entomotaeniata
order		listed (PBDB)1661.6 Ma
Paleocene		0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1848Prosobranchia Milne-Edwards
1960Prosobranchia Knight et al. p. 171
1983Prosobranchia Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 99
1984Prosobranchia Squires p. 16
1987Prosobranchia Gingerich p. 293
1987Prosobranchia Squires p. 20
YearName and Author
1987Prosobranchia Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1988Prosobranchia Ponder and Warén p. 289
1989Prosobranchia Shoshani et al. p. 435
1992Prosobranchia Petuch p. 68
1992Prosobranchia Ward p. 115
1998Prosobranchia Saul and Squires p. 466

References

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
Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339
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
Gingerich P. D. (1987) Early Eocene bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) and other vertebrates in freshwater limestones of the Willlwood Formation, Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27 11, 275-320
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
Shoshani J., Fisher D. C., et al (1989) The Shelton Mastodon Site: Multidisciplinary study of a late Pleistocene (Twocreekan) locality in Southeastern Michigan, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27 14, 393-436
Petuch E. J. (1992) New ecphoras (Gastropoda: Thaididae: Ecphorinae) from the Calvert Formation of Maryland (Langhian Miocene), The Nautilus 106 2, 68-71
Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2
Saul L. R., Squires R. L. (1998) New Cretaceous Gastropoda from California, Palaeontology 41 3, 461-488
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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