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Trimusculidae

Description

Trimusculus is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing sea snails or false limpets, marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Trimusculidae.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6797https://www.gbif.org/species/6797
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)90523https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=90523
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ellobiida : Trimusculidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trimusculidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassPulmonataCuvier 1817
-Eupulmonata
superfamilyTrimusculoideaBurch 1945
familyTrimusculidaeBurch 1945
Common Namebutton snail
Scientific NameTrimusculidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Trimusculidaefamilybelongs to Siphonariaceastated without evidenceAbbott, 1974
Trimusculidaefamilybelongs to Trimusculoideastated with evidenceBouchet et al., 2005
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (75%)
First Recorded Appearance28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Pulmonata)
Motilityfacultatively mobile, attached
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietgrazer
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Pulmonata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. T. Abbott. 1974. American Seashells: The marine Mollusca of the Alantic and Pacific coasts of North America
Common Name(s) Button Snail, ユキカラマツガイ, Button Shells, Button Snails
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimusculidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Trimusculus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1928.1 Ma
Oligocene
0 Ma
Extant

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Gadiniidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ellobiida : Gadiniidae

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1945Trimusculidae Burch
1974Trimusculidae Abbott p. 334
2005Trimusculidae Bouchet et al. p. 264

References

Abbott R. T. (1974) , American Seashells: The marine Mollusca of the Alantic and Pacific coasts of North America, 1-663
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368
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
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species
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
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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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