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Planaxidae

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Description

Planaxidae, common name planaxids or clusterwinks, are a taxonomic family of small and minute sea snails, pantropical marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithoidea. They are found on rocky shores in the littoral zone of the tropics and subtropics.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7068	https://www.gbif.org/species/7068
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61797	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61797

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Planaxidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Planaxidae

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
order	Sorbeoconcha	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superfamily	Cerithioidea	(Férussac 1819)
family	Planaxidae	Gray 1850

Scientific Name

Planaxidae

Name Published In

Gray, J.E. (1850). Explanation of plates and list of genera. In: M.E. Gray, Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Vol. 4. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 124 pp.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Planaxidae	family	belongs to Cerithioidea	stated with evidence	Ponder and Warén, 1988
Planaxidae	family	belongs to Cerithioidea	implied	Beesley, 1998
Planaxidae	family	belongs to Cerithioidea	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

10 (32%)

First Recorded Appearance

113 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Herbivore on rock, rubble or coral substrates 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)

Haufenschnecken, Clusterwinks, Grooved Snails, ゴマフニナ

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Fossarinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		101	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Planaxinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		15	61.6 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Angiola genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Cabania ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Chilkaia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fissilabia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Fossarus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		75	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Halotapada genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hinea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Holcostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Larinopsis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Leioplanaxis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Medoriopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	13.7 Ma Miocene
Orthochilus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Planaxis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	61.6 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Simulathena genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Supplanaxis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fossatus mediocris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fosser sandiwcensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1850	Planaxidae Gray
1988	Planaxidae Ponder and Warén p. 295
1995	Planaxidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
1998	Planaxidae Beesley p. 722
2001	Planaxidae Todd
2005	Planaxidae Bouchet et al. p. 249
1850	Planaxidae Gray
1988	Planaxidae Ponder and Warén p. 295
1995	Planaxidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
1998	Planaxidae Beesley p. 722
2001	Planaxidae Todd
2005	Planaxidae Bouchet et al. p. 249
1850	Planaxidae Gray
1988	Planaxidae Ponder and Warén p. 295
1995	Planaxidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157

Year	Name and Author
1998	Planaxidae Beesley p. 722
2001	Planaxidae Todd
2005	Planaxidae Bouchet et al. p. 249
1850	Planaxidae Gray
1988	Planaxidae Ponder and Warén p. 295
1995	Planaxidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
1998	Planaxidae Beesley p. 722
2001	Planaxidae Todd
2005	Planaxidae Bouchet et al. p. 249
1850	Planaxidae Gray
1988	Planaxidae Ponder and Warén p. 295
1995	Planaxidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
1998	Planaxidae Beesley p. 722
2001	Planaxidae Todd
2005	Planaxidae Bouchet et al. p. 249

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

Pacaud J.-M., Le Renard J. (1995) Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée, Cossmanniana 3 4, 155-187

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

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

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Houbrick R.S. 1987. Anatomy, Reproductive Biology, and Phylogeny of the Planaxidae (Cerithiacea: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 445: 1-57. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Gray, J.E. (1850). Explanation of plates and list of genera. In: M.E. Gray, Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Vol. 4. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 124 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Strong E.E., Colgan D.J., Healy J.M., Lydeard C., Ponder W.F. & Glaubrecht M. (2011) Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithioidea using morphology and molecules. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162: 43–89. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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)

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