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Struthiolariidae

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Description

Struthiolariidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5992	https://www.gbif.org/species/5992
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	62379	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62379

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Struthiolariidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Struthiolariidae

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
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Stromboidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Struthiolariidae	Fischer 1887

Scientific Name

Struthiolariidae

Name Published In

Man. Conchyl.: 677

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Struthiolariidae	family	belongs to Stromboidea	stated with evidence	Ponder and Warén, 1988
Struthiolariidae	family	belongs to Strombacea	stated without evidence	Stilwell and Zinsmeister, 1992
Struthiolariidae	family	belongs to Stromboidea	implied	Beesley, 1998
Struthiolariidae	family	belongs to Stromboidea	stated without evidence	Camacho et al., 2000
Struthiolariidae	family	belongs to Stromboidea	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005
Struthiolariidae	family	belongs to Stromboidea	stated without evidence	Nielsen, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

7 (19%)

First Recorded Appearance

85.8 - 83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Stromboidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Stromboidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5

Common Name(s)

Straußenschnecken, Ostrich Foot Snails

Wikipedia

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Struthiolarellinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Struthiolariinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)	23	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Antarctodarwinella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	7	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	23.0 Ma Miocene
Conchothyra ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Monalaria ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	15	47.8 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Pelicaria genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	6.50 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Perissodonta genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	16	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Struthiolarella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	57	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	5.33 Ma Miocene
Struthiolaria genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	31	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Tylospira genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	23	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1887	Struthiolariidae Fischer
1988	Struthiolariidae Ponder and Warén p. 299
1992	Struthiolariidae Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 106
1998	Struthiolariidae Beesley p. 768
2000	Struthiolariidae Camacho et al. p. 66
2004	Struthiolariidae Stilwell et al. pp. 30, 31
2005	Struthiolariidae Bouchet et al. p. 250
2005	Struthiolariidae Nielsen p. 1126

References

Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5

Ponder W. F., Warén A. (1988) Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa, Malacological Review Suppl. 4, 288-326

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J. (1992) Molluscan Systematics and Biostratigraphy, Antarctic Research Series, AGU 55

Camacho H. H., Chiesa J. O., et al (2000) Invertebrado marinos eocenos de los cerros Palique y Castillo, subdoeste de la provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina, Ameghiniana 37 1, 59-72

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J., et al (2004) Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance, Bulletins of American Paleontology 367

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

Nielsen S. N. (2005) Exilia alanbeui, a new species from the Neogene of central Chile: the first record of Exilia (Gastropoda: Ptychatractidae) from South America, The Nautilus 119 4, 153-156

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

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 479 Validation under the Plenary Powers of Specific Names for Nine species of the class Gastropoda Occurring in the New Zealand Area as published by Martyn (T.) in 1784 in the work entitled the Universal Conchologist (Opinion supplementary to Opinion 456).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 16(22), 365-416 (1957) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Marine Species

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!

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