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Protoculidae ✝
| Description | †Protorculidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoculidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Protoculidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Protoculidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 252 - 251 Ma Phanerozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ptenoglossa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ptenoglossa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | K. Bandel. 1991. Über triassische "Loxonematoidea" und ihre Beziehungen zu rezenten und paläozoischen Schnecken. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 65:239-268 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoculidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Undularia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 45 | 252 Ma Permian | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1991 | Protorculidae Bandel p. 254 |
| 2001 | Protorculidae Frýda and Blodgett |
| 2003 | Protoculidae Nützel et al. |
| 2005 | Protorculidae Bouchet et al. p. 247 |
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!
