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Cocculinoidea
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cocculinoidea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 7 (78%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 112 - 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cocculinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Cocculinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Grazer on soft-grained 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cocculinacea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 21.7 Ma Miocene | 21.7 Ma Miocene | |
| Bathysciadiidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Cocculinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 25 | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1882 | Cocculinoidea Dall |
| 1975 | Cocculinoidea Golikov and Starobogatov p. 209 |
| 1998 | Cocculinoidea Beesley p. 655 |
| 2001 | Cocculinoidea Todd |
| 2003 | Cocculinoidea Jeffery |
| 2005 | Cocculinoidea Bouchet et al. p. 245 |
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!
