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Gordenellidae
| Description | Gordenellidae is an extinct taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the informal group Lower Heterobranchia. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordenellidae, 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 : Gordenellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Allogastropoda : Gordenellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Gordenellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Gründel, J. (2000). Gordenellidae n. fam., eine neue Gastropoden-Familie aus dem Dogger und Malm Europas. Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen , ser. E. 34: 255−267. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (2.3%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 260 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Gründel. 2003. Gastropoden aus dem Unteren Lias (Ober-Hettangium bis Unter-Sinemurium) Südwestdeutschlands [Gastropods from the Lower Liassic (Upper Hettangian to Lower Sinemurian) from southwestern Germany]. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde B, Geologie und Paläontologie 340:1-55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordenellidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Buttenheimia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Camponella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Gordenella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Proacirsa ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Promathilda genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Promathildia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 239 | 260 Ma Permian | 7.25 Ma Miocene | |
| Schafbergia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Turritelloidea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2000 | Gordenellidae Gründel |
| 2003 | Gordenellidae Gründel |
| 2008 | Gordenellidae Schubert et al. p. 26 |
| 2013 | Gordenellidae Gründel and Nützel p. 804 |
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!
