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Vanikoroidea
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Vanikoroidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 208 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 85 (41%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 431 - 427 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Vanikoroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Vanikoroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Grazer 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hipponicacea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Aclididae family | listed (PBDB) | 23 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Eulimidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 876 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Gigantocapulidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Haloceratidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 43.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Hipponicidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Hoof Shell | 378 | 431 Ma Silurian | 0 Ma Extant |
| Omalaxidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 32 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Vanikoridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 70 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1840 | Vanikoroidea Gray |
| 1988 | Vanikoroidea Ponder and Warén p. 299 |
| 1998 | Vanikoroidea Beesley p. 760 |
| 2001 | Vanikoroidea Todd |
| 2003 | Vanikoroidea Jeffery |
| 2004 | Vanikoroidea Stilwell et al. pp. 27, 33 |
| 2005 | Vanikoroidea Bouchet et al. p. 253 |
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!
