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Zidoninae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	62897	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62897

Rank

subfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Zidoninae

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
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Volutidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Zidoninae	Adams and A 1853

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Zidoninae	subfamily	belongs to Volutidae	stated with evidence	Ponder and Warén, 1988
Zidoninae	subfamily	belongs to Volutidae	stated without evidence	Beu et al., 1990
Zidoninae	subfamily	belongs to Volutidae	implied	Wilson, 1994
Zidoninae	subfamily	belongs to Volutidae	stated without evidence	Stilwell et al., 2004
Zidoninae	subfamily	belongs to Volutidae	stated with evidence	Nielsen and Frassinetti, 2007

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

26 (35%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Volutidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Volutidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (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

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Adelomelon genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	19	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Alcithoe genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	68	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Ericusa genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Guivillea genus	listed (PBDB)
Harpovoluta genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Provocator genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Livonia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	18	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Mauira ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Mauithoe ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Melo genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Metamelon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	28.4 Ma Oligocene	19.0 Ma Miocene
Miomelon genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	46	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Pachycymbiola genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Pachymelon genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Palaeomelon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	33.9 Ma Oligocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Palomelon genus	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Marginellona genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Spinomelon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	15	37.2 Ma Eocene	19.0 Ma Miocene
Teremelon genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Zidona genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Zygomelon genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1853	Zidoninae Adams and A.
1988	Zidoninae Ponder and Warén p. 306
1990	Zidoninae Beu et al. p. 416
1994	Zidoninae Wilson p. 120
2004	Zidoninae Stilwell et al. p. 47
2007	Zidoninae Nielsen and Frassinetti p. 85

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

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

Wilson B. (1994) , Australian Marine Shells 2

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J., et al (2004) Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance, Bulletins of American Paleontology 367

Nielsen S. N., Frassinetti D. (2007) The Neogene Volutidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from the Pacific coast of Chile, Journal of Paleontology 81 1, 82-102

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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