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Cylichnidae
| Description | Cylichnidae, common name the "chalice bubble snails" or "canoe bubble snails" is a family of sea snails or bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Philinoidea. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylichnidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Cylichnidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Cylichnidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 22 (22%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 168 - 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Predatory carnivore according to Todd (2001). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Bootschelpen, スイフガイ, Cigarrsnäckor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylichnidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Roxania ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Acteocina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Barrel-bubble | 335 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
 Adamnestia ✝genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Bogasonia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bullaria genus | listed (PBDB) | 18 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Bullichna genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Cylichna genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 432 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cylichnania ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 12.7 Ma Miocene | |
| Cylichnella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 173 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cylichnoides genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Decorifer genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eocylichna genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mamillocylichna genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paracteocina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Philine genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 23 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
 Scaphandergenus | listed (PBDB) | 298 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Semiretusa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sphaerocylichna genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Suwannescapha ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Taita ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 12.7 Ma Miocene | 12.7 Ma Miocene | |
 Toledoniagenus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Truncacteocina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1850 | Cylichnidae Adams |
| 1984 | Cylichnidae Squires p. 39 |
| 1987 | Cylichnidae Squires p. 53 |
| 1988 | Cylichnidae Squires p. 17 |
| 1998 | Cylichnidae Beesley p. 942 |
| 1999 | Cylichnidae Squires p. 22 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2001 | Cylichnidae Harzhauser and Mandic p. 717 |
| 2001 | Cylichnidae Todd |
| 2002 | Cylichnidae Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 74 |
| 2004 | Cylichnidae Stilwell et al. p. 51 |
| 2007 | Cylichnidae Harzhauser |
| 2007 | Cylichnidae Wienrich and Janssen p. 774 |
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!
