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Melaniidae
| Description | Thiaridae, common name thiarids or trumpet snails, is a family of tropical freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaniidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Melaniidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Melaniidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (67%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 48.6 - 38.0 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaniidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Anconia genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Megastomopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pachychilus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
| Stomatopsella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stomatopsis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Stomatopsoidea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1923 | Melaniidae Clark and Arnold p. 164 |
| 1931 | Melaniidae Olsson p. 80 |
| 1957 | Melanidae Rivera p. 179 |
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!
