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Ellobiidae

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Description

Ellobiidae, common name the hollow-shelled snails, is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata. Ellobiidae is the only family in the superfamily Ellobioidea, according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellobiidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9457	https://www.gbif.org/species/9457
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	60205	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=60205

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ellobiida : Ellobiidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ellobiidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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	Pulmonata	Cuvier 1817
-	Eupulmonata
superfamily	Ellobioidea	Pfeiffer 1854
family	Ellobiidae	Pfeiffer 1854

Scientific Name

Ellobiidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ellobiidae	family	belongs to Ellobioidea	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Ellobiidae	family	subjective synonym of Melampidae	stated with evidence	Jeffery, 2003
Ellobiidae	family	belongs to Ellobioidea	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

22 (56%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Pulmonata)

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Grazer on fine-grained and rock, rubble or coral substrates according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Pulmonata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. Jeffery. 2003. GastroClass: Gastropod Classification Website.

Common Name(s)

Küstenschnecken, Coastal Snails, Dvärgsnäckor, Hollow-shelled Snails, Oorslakken, オカミミガイ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellobiidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Carychiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		26	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Ellobiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Melampinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Pedipedinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Pythiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Zaptychiinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Allochroa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Auriculastra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Auriculinella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Blauneria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Carychiella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Carychiopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Carychium genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Cassidula genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Creedonia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Detracia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ellobium genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Juramarinula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Koreozospeum genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Laemodonta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leopoldium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leuconopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leucophytia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Marinula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melampoides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melampus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Mesauriculstra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesochilina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microtralia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Myosotella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophicardelus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ovatella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Palaeoleuca genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pedipes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pedipes ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	5.33 Ma Miocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Plectotrema genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuroloba genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proauriculastra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proplecotrema ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	23.0 Ma Miocene
Protocarychium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomelampus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pythia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Pythiopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhytophorus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sarnia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Semiauricula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stolidoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sulcomarinula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tralia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Traliopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zaptychius genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zospeum genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Largochilus chiltoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pepides sandwicensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pepides unisulcatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiropoma nakadai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trechomorpha meleani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Melampidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ellobiida : Melampidae
Zaptychiidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ellobiida : Zaptychiidae
Auriculidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ellobiida : Auriculidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1854	Ellobiidae Pfeiffer
2001	Ellobiidae Todd
2005	Ellobiidae Bouchet et al. p. 264

References

Jeffery P. (2003) GastroClass: Gastropod Classification Website

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Romero, P. E., Pfenninger, M., Kano, Y. & Klussmann-Kolb, A. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda: Panpulmonata) supports independent terrestrial invasions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 97: 43-54. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Gittenberger et al. (2004) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Gloer, P.(2002) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

CLECOM (2006) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per included genera - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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