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Mathildidae

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Description

Mathildidae is a family of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the informal group of the Lower Heterobranchia.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)6785https://www.gbif.org/species/6785
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)61072https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61072
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Mathildidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Allogastropoda : Mathildidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderHeterostropha
orderAllogastropodaHaszprunar 1985
superfamilyMathildoideaDall 1889
familyMathildidaeDall 1889
Scientific NameMathildidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mathildidaefamilybelongs to Gastropodastated without evidenceTurner, 1938
Mathildidaefamilybelongs to Cerithiaceastated without evidenceSohl, 1964
Mathildidaefamilybelongs to Architectonicoideastated with evidencePonder and Warรฉn, 1988
Mathildidaefamilybelongs to ArchitectonicoideaimpliedBeesley, 1998
Mathildidaefamilybelongs to Architectonicoideastated without evidenceTodd, 2001
Mathildidaefamilybelongs to Entomotaeniatastated without evidenceWienrich and Janssen, 2007
Mathildidaefamilybelongs to Mathildoideastated with evidenceGrรผndel and Nรผtzel, 2013
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)106
Extant Size (PBDB)7 (6.6%)
First Recorded Appearance247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Motilityactively mobile
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore
Ecospace CommentsLIFE HISTORY: Browsing carnivore according to Todd (2001).
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5
Common Name(s) ใ‚ฟใ‚ฏใƒŸใƒ‹ใƒŠ
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathildidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Acrocoelum โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2183.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
41.3 Ma
Eocene
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Angulathilda โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Bathraspira โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
8125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Brookesena
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Carinathilda
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
40216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Echinimathilda โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
499.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Eomathilda โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Erratothilda
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4166 Ma
Middle Jurassic
140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Franconicilda โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Gymnothilda
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
16168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Jurilda โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
36172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Kaitangata โœ
genus
listed (PBDB)166.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Lemniscolittorina โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
483.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Mathilda โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1161.6 Ma
Paleocene
2.59 Ma
Pleistocene
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Mathilda
genus
listed (PBDB)210176 Ma
Early Jurassic
0 Ma
Extant
Opimilda
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Promathildia โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
239260 Ma
Permian
7.25 Ma
Miocene
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Protuba โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Scalituba โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Siphonilda โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1212 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
212 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
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Spironema โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
172.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Tangarilda โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3201 Ma
Early Jurassic
201 Ma
Early Jurassic
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Teretrina โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
43247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
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Toulminella โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
566.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
61.6 Ma
Paleocene
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Tricarilda โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
38201 Ma
Early Jurassic
129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Tuba
genus
listed (PBDB)14140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
37.2 Ma
Eocene
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Tuba
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
124140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
0 Ma
Extant
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Turritellopsis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
32.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Veterator โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Tubidae GBIFfamilyAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Tubidae

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1889Mathildidae Dall
1938Mathildiidae Turner p. 81
1964Mathildidae Sohl p. 362
1988Mathildidae Ponder and Warรฉn p. 308
1998Mathildidae Beesley p. 859
2001Mathildidae Todd
2007Mathildidae Wienrich and Janssen p. 732
2013Mathildidae Grรผndel and Nรผtzel p. 804

References

Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5
Turner F. E. (1938) Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon, Geological Society of America Special Paper 10, 1-130
Sohl N. F. (1964) Gastropods from the coffee Sand (Upper Cretaceous) of Mississippi, USGS Professional Paper 331C, 345-394
Ponder W. F., Warรฉn 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
Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections
Wienrich G., Janssen R. (2007) Die Fauna des marinen Miozรคns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 4 Gastropoda ab Mitridae, Backhuys Publishers BV Leiden 4, 643-954
Grรผndel J., Nรผtzel A. (2013) Evolution and classification of Mesozoic mathildoid gastropods, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58, 803-826
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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 Marine Species
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)
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