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Tectibranchia
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Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Tectibranchia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (30%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 170 - 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | W.O. Addicott. 1970. Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642:1-172 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Akeridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 29 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
Tornatinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1904 | Tectibranchiata Martin p. 131 |
1970 | Tectibranchia Addicott p. 137 |
1980 | Tectibranchia Hickman p. 81 |
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!