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Planitrochidae ✝
| Description | Planitrochidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, Paleozoic gastropod mollusks. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planitrochidae, 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 : Pleurotomariida : Planitrochidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Planitrochidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Planitrochidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 452 - 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 393 - 383 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Euomphaloidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Euomphaloidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planitrochidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Horologium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Nematrochus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Perneritrochus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Planitrochus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 433 Ma Silurian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Trochomphalus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1956 | Planitrochidae Knight |
| 1960 | Planitrochidae Knight et al. p. 297 |
| 1975 | Planitrochidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 208 |
| 1988 | Planitrochidae Ponder and Warén p. 300 |
| 2005 | Planitrochidae Bouchet et al. p. 242 |
| 2017 | Planitrochidae Wagner |
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!
