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Proconulidae
| Description | Proconulidae is an extinct family of sea snails, marinegastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proconulidae, 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 : Trochida : Proconulidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Proconulidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Proconulidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Cox, L. R. (1960). Thoughts on the classification of the Gastropoda. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 33(6): 239−261. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (11%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Trochoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Trochoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Bouchet, J.-P. Rocroi, and J. Frýda, B. Hausdorf, W. Ponder, A. Valdes, A. Warén. 2005. A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names. Malacologia 47(1-2):1-368 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proconulidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dimorphotectus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Diplochilus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Epulotrochus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Lithotrochus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 41 | 199 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Muricotrochus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Parataphrus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Proconulus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 65 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Tylotrochus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 61.7 Ma Paleocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1960 | Proconulinae Cox |
| 1960 | Proconulinae Knight et al. p. 247 |
| 2005 | Proconulidae Bouchet et al. pp. 141, 245 |
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!
