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Plagiothyridae ✝
| Description | Plagiothyridae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Neritopsoidea. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiothyridae, 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 : Cycloneritida : Plagiothyridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neritoina : Plagiothyridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Plagiothyridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Knight, J. B. (1956). New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 46(2): 41−42. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 411 - 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 336 - 326 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. B. Knight. 1956. New families of Gastropoda. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2):41-42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiothyridae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dirachis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
| Grabinopsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 384 Ma Middle Devonian | 382 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Littorinides ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 336 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Plagiothyra ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1956 | Plagiothyridae Knight |
| 1960 | Plagiothyridae Knight et al. p. 275 |
| 2005 | Plagiothyridae Bouchet et al. p. 246 |
| 2005 | Plagiothyridae Heidelberger and Koch p. 38 |
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!
