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Endodontidae
| Description | Endodontidae is a taxonomic family of very small air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endodontidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Endodontidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Endodontidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Endodontidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (67%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 12.8 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. D. Gingerich. 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endodontidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aaadonta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Afrodonta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anceyodonta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Australdonta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Beilania genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cookeconcha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Endodonta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gambiodonta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hebeispira genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Helicodiscus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 11.1 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Kleokyphus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kondoconcha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Libera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mautodontha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Minidonta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nesodiscus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nesophila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Opanara genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orangia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planudonta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Priceconcha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Protoendodonta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudolibera genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhysoconcha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rikitea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ruatara genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taipidon genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thaumatodon genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zyzzyxdonta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1895 | Endodontidae Pilsbry |
| 1987 | Endodontidae Gingerich p. 296 |
| 2005 | Endodontidae Bouchet et al. p. 268 |
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!
