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Patellogastropoda
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Patellogastropoda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | limpet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 201 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 93 (46%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 339 - 336 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile, attached (based on Patellogastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer (based on Patellogastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Lottioidea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | Limpet | 473 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant |
| Nacelloidea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 68 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Neolepetopsoidea superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Patelloidea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 240 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Actinoleuca genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Patella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Atalacmea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Conoidacmea ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Parvacmea genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Patellastra genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1876 | Patellina Ihering |
| 1984 | Patellina Kase p. 49 |
| 1986 | Patellogastropoda Lindberg |
| 1998 | Patellogastropoda Beesley p. 639 |
| 2001 | Patellogastropoda Lozouet et al. p. 15 |
| 2002 | Patellogastropoda Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Patellogastropoda Bouchet et al. p. 242 |
| 2014 | Patellogastropoda Ferrari p. 566 |
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!
