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Magilidae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)61030https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61030
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Magilidae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCoralliophilinaeChenu 1859
familyMagilidaeThiele 1925
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Magilidaefamilybelongs to Muricaceastated without evidenceSohl, 1964
Magilidaefamilybelongs to Coralliophilinaestated with evidencePonder and Warén, 1988
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
Extant Size (PBDB)4 (80%)
First Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityactively mobile (based on Muricidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Muricidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. F. Ponder and A. Warén. 1988. Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa. Malacological Review Suppl. 4:288-326

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Coralliobia
genus
listed (PBDB)32.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Lowenstamia
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3270.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Magilus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1120.4 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1925Magilidae Thiele
1964Magilidae Sohl p. 371
1988Magilidae Ponder and Warén p. 305

References

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
Sohl N. F. (1964) Gastropods from the coffee Sand (Upper Cretaceous) of Mississippi, USGS Professional Paper 331C, 345-394
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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