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Platyceratidae ✝

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Cyclonema bilix

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA

Cyclonema sp.

Fairfield Causeway Road, Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, USA

Cyclonema bilix

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA

Cyclonema sp.

Fairfield Causeway Road, Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, USA

Cyclonema bilix

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA

Cyclonema sp.

Fairfield Causeway Road, Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, USA

Description

Platyceratidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family may belong in the Patellogastropoda or the Neritimorpha. The platyceratid gastropods are known for the complex symbiotic relationships they had with crinoids.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platyceratidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3245028	https://www.gbif.org/species/3245028
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	54460	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54460

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Platyceratidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Eogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1996
order	Euomphalina	de Koninck 1881
superfamily	Platyceratoidea
family	Platyceratidae	Hall 1859

Scientific Name

Platyceratidae

Name Published In

Hall, J. (1879). Natural history of New York. Geological Survey of New York. Palaeontology. vol. 5, part 2. Van Benthuysen, Albany. xv + 492 pp., 113 pls.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Platyceratidae	family	belongs to Platyceratacea	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Platyceratidae	family	belongs to Platyceratoidea	stated without evidence	Golikov and Starobogatov, 1975
Platyceratidae	family	belongs to Platyceratoidea	stated with evidence	Horný and Henry, 1999
Platyceratidae	family	belongs to Gastropoda	stated with evidence	Lindström and Peel, 2003
Platyceratidae	family	belongs to Platyceratacea	stated with evidence	Jeffery, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

430

First Recorded Appearance

470 - 458 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

marine

Motility

passively mobile, epibiont

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

coprophage

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Platyceratoidea)

Ecospace Comments

MINERALOGY: Outer relatively thick calcitic . BODY SIZE: Based on component genera; 4 of 4 genera share 10 to < 100 length, 4 of 4 share 10 to < 100 width. LIFE HISTORY: Data from Meyer et al (2009).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Hall. 1859. Contributions to the palaeontology of New York: being some of the results of investigations during the years 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 12:8-110

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platyceratidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pseudorthonychiinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Turbonellininae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		138	439 Ma Silurian	265 Ma Permian
Acroculia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Barynema ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	392 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Basiplanus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Brokenriveria ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	388 Ma Middle Devonian	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cancellator ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Cancelloplatyceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Compsonema ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	339 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Crossoceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Cyclonema ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		358	470 Ma Middle Ordovician	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Cyclonemina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Devononema ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Diaphorostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dyeria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euthyrhachis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		3	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Himantonia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Keeneia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		38	331 Ma Carboniferous	265 Ma Permian
Lotzia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	388 Ma Middle Devonian	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Naticellina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Naticonema ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		29	443 Ma Silurian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Naticonoda ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Natirhenia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Nonorios ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Obscuropsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Orthonychia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		181	439 Ma Silurian	265 Ma Permian
Paffrathia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Palaeocapulus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		40	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	290 Ma Permian
Paraplatyschisma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		62	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Platyceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		771	443 Ma Silurian	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Platyostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyschisma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		24	423 Ma Silurian	260 Ma Permian
Ploconema ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Praenatica ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pseudoplatyceras ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ptychospirina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	427 Ma Silurian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Radvanospira ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		4	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Rhabdocantha ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	296 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Rhineoderma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	326 Ma Carboniferous
Spiniplatyceras genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spinyplatyceras ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Spiranodus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Spironemella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	290 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Strophostylus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		55	443 Ma Silurian	269 Ma Permian
Strotostoma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	272 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Stuckenbergispira ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Tachloconcha ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Tubomphalus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbomaria ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Turbonellina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	345 Ma Carboniferous	269 Ma Permian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Platyostomatidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyostomatidae
Palaeocapulidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeocapulidae
Cyclonematidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cyclonematidae
Strophostylidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Strophostylidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1859	Platyceratidae Hall
1885	Cyclonematidae Fischer
1889	Platyostomatidae Miller
1909	Strophostylidae Grabau and Shimer
1936	Palaeocapulidae Grabau
1960	Platyceratidae Knight et al. p. 239

Year	Name and Author
1975	Platyceratidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 208
1999	Platyceratidae Horný and Henry p. 122
2003	Platyceratidae Jeffery
2003	Platyceratidae Lindström and Peel p. 624
2005	Platyceratidae Bouchet et al. p. 246
2017	Platyceratidae Wagner

References

Hall J. Contributions to the palaeontology of New York: being some of the results of investigations during the years 1855, 1856, 1857 and 1858, Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 12, 8-110

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Golikov A. N., Starobogatov Y. I. (1975) Systematics of prosobranch gastropods, Malacologia 15 2, 185-232

Horný R. J., Henry J.I. (1999) A letter by Joachim Barrande to Daniel Oehlert concerning Praenatica (Gastropoda) written on May 12 1882, Journal of the Czech Geological Society 44, 117-125

Jeffery P. (2003) GastroClass: Gastropod Classification Website

Lindström A., Peel J. S. (2003) Shell repair and mode of life of Praenatica gregaria (Gastropoda) from the Devonian of Bohemia (Czech Republic), Palaeontology 46 3, 623-633

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526. - via World Register of Marine Species

Hall, J. (1879). Natural history of New York. Geological Survey of New York. Palaeontology. vol. 5, part 2. Van Benthuysen, Albany. xv + 492 pp., 113 pls. - via World Register of Marine Species

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