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Cerithioidea

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	59623	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=59623

Rank

superfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Cerithioidea

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)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cerithioidea	superfamily	belongs to Cerithiimorpha	stated without evidence	Golikov and Starobogatov, 1975
Cerithioidea	superfamily	belongs to Discopoda	stated with evidence	Ponder and Warén, 1988
Cerithioidea	superfamily	belongs to Caenogastropoda	stated with evidence	Ward, 1992
Cerithioidea	superfamily	belongs to Discopoda	stated without evidence	Marquet, 1997
Cerithioidea	superfamily	belongs to Sorbeoconcha	implied	Beesley, 1998
Cerithioidea	superfamily	belongs to Caenogastropoda	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Cerithioidea	superfamily	belongs to Sorbeoconcha	stated without evidence	Lozouet et al., 2001
Cerithioidea	superfamily	belongs to Cerithiimorpha	stated with evidence	Jeffery, 2003
Cerithioidea	superfamily	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	stated without evidence	Saul and Squires, 2003
Cerithioidea	superfamily	belongs to Neontaenioglossa	stated without evidence	Stilwell et al., 2004
Cerithioidea	superfamily	belongs to Sorbeoconcha	stated without evidence	Harzhauser, 2004
Cerithioidea	superfamily	belongs to Sorbeoconcha	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005
Cerithioidea	superfamily	belongs to Sorbeoconcha	stated without evidence	Harzhauser, 2007

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

1,877

Extant Size (PBDB)

379 (20%)

First Recorded Appearance

433 - 431 Ma
Silurian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cerithioidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Cerithioidea)

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Mostly actively mobile, epifaunal grazers according to Todd (2001), but see Turritellidae and Siliquariidae.

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. A. Kosnik. 2002. personal opinion.

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Acanthonematidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	314 Ma Carboniferous	265 Ma Permian
Batillariidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		369	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Brachytrematidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		85	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Cassiopidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		76	145 Ma Late Jurassic	23.0 Ma Miocene
Cerithiidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Cerith Snail	2,807	433 Ma Silurian	0 Ma Extant
Cryptaulacidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		209	242 Ma Middle Triassic	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Dialidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		47	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Diastomatidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		130	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Eustomatidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	11.6 Ma Miocene
Faxiidae family	listed (PBDB)
Ladinulidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Lavigeriidae family	listed (PBDB)
Litiopidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		96	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Maoraxidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Melanopsidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		188	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Metacerithiidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		42	145 Ma Late Jurassic	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Modulidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		103	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Pachychilidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		128	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Paludomidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pianaridae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Planaxidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		119	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Pleuroceridae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		32	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Pleuroceriidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Popenellidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Potamididae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Horn Snail	1,198	265 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Procerithiidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		378	279 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Propupaspiridae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	265 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Prostyliferidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		32	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	5.33 Ma Miocene
Scaliolidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		93	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Siliquariidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		128	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Syrnolopsidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Thiaridae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		490	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Turritellidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Turret Shell	7,235	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	0 Ma Extant
Ampezzoscala ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Bullamirifica ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Camposcala ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Cerithiomorpha ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hirsonella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Tomaszoviella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1819	Cerithiacea Férussac
1941	Terebrellidae Delpey
1957	Cerithiacea Rivera p. 174
1960	Cerithiacea Knight et al. p. 316
1960	Cerithiacea Sohl p. 360
1975	Cerithioidea Golikov and Starobogatov p. 213
1983	Cerithiacea Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 101
1984	Cerithiacea Squires p. 17
1987	Cerithiacea Squires p. 24
1987	Cerithiacea Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1988	Cerithioidea Ponder and Warén p. 293
1988	Terebrellidae Ponder and Warén p. 294
1990	Cerithiacea Beu et al. p. 405

Year	Name and Author
1992	Cerithioidea Ward p. 115
1997	Cerithioidea Marquet p. 9
1998	Cerithioidea Beesley p. 707
2001	Cerithioidea Lozouet et al. p. 22
2001	Cerithioidea Todd
2002	Cerithioidea Kosnik
2003	Cerithioidea Jeffery
2003	Cerithioidea Saul and Squires p. 444
2004	Cerithioidea Harzhauser p. 114
2004	Cerithioidea Stilwell et al. p. 27
2005	Cerithioidea Bouchet et al. p. 248
2007	Cerithioidea Harzhauser p. 89

References

Kosnik M. A. (2002) personal opinion.

Rivera R. (1957) Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica, Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32, 165-219

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Sohl N. F. (1960) Archeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda and stratigraphy of the Ripley, Owl Creek, and Prairie Bluff Formations, US Geological Survey Professional Paper 331, 1-151

Golikov A. N., Starobogatov Y. I. (1975) Systematics of prosobranch gastropods, Malacologia 15 2, 185-232

Gliozzi E., Malatesta A. (1983) I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico), Geologica Romana 22, 85-145

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

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

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Marquet R. (1997) Pliocene gastropod faunas from Kallo (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium) - Part 2. Caenogastropoda: Potamididae-Tornidae, Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 34 1-2, 9-29

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

Lozouet P., Lesport J.-F., et al (2001) Révision des Gastropoda (Mollusca) du stratotype de L'Aquitanien (Miocéne inf.) site de Saucats "Lariey", Gironde, France, Cossmanniana 8, 1-189

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

Jeffery P. (2003) GastroClass: Gastropod Classification Website

Saul L. R., Squires R. L. (2003) New Cretaceous cerithiform gastropods from the Pacific Slope of North America, Journal of Paleontology 77 3, 442-453 doi:10.1017/S0022336000044164

Harzhauser M. (2004) Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248, 93-181

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

Harzhauser M. (2007) Oligocene and Aquitanian gastropod faunas from the Sultanate of Oman and their biogeographic implications for the western Indo-Pacific., Palaeontographica Abteilung A 280, 75-121

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