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Pulmonata
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| Rank | subclass (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pulmonata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | pulmonate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 503 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 281 (56%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Pulmonata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Pulmonata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Pulmonata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Basommatophora superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Enoidea β superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Cerastidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Ceriidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Discidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 20 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Oleacinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Bernicia β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 336 Ma Carboniferous | 336 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Basommatophora unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 845 | 383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Eupulmonata unranked clade | listed (PBDB) | 871 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1817 | Pulmonata Cuvier |
| 1987 | Pulmonata Gingerich p. 293 |
| 1989 | Pulmonata Shoshani et al. p. 435 |
| 1998 | Pulmonata Beesley p. 1061 |
| 2005 | Pulmonata Bouchet et al. p. 263 |
| 2010 | Pulmonata Miquel and Bellosi p. 65 |
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!
