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Clavatulidae

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Turricula rostrata

Barton-on-Sea, New Milton, New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK

Turricula rostrata

Barton-on-Sea, New Milton, New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK

Turricula rostrata

Barton-on-Sea, New Milton, New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK

Description

Clavatulidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. The family is not well differentiated morphologically.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4605638	https://www.gbif.org/species/4605638
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	121087	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=121087

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Clavatulidae

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	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Turridae	Swainson 1840
family	Clavatulidae	(Gray 1853)

Scientific Name

Clavatulidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Clavatulidae	subfamily	belongs to Turridae	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1928
Clavatulidae	family	belongs to Conoidea	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

150

Extant Size (PBDB)

35 (23%)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Turridae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Turridae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. Bouchet, J.-P. Rocroi, and J. Frýda, B. Hausdorf, W. Ponder, A. Valdes, A. Warén. 2005. A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names. Malacologia 47(1-2):1-368

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Austrocarina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Austrosullivania ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	56.0 Ma Paleocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Benthoclionella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Caliendrula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Clavatula genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		189	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Clionella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Clivuloturris ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	38.0 Ma Eocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Cocklespira genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Fusisyrinx ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Fusiturricula genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		64	48.6 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Glibertturricula ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Hemisurcula ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	41.3 Ma Eocene
Knefastia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		58	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Makiyamaia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Mariaturricula ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Marshallena genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	43.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Microsurcula ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		29	56.0 Ma Paleocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Nodisurculina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Orthosurcula ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		141	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	11.6 Ma Miocene
Pagodaturris genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paraclavatula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracomitas genus	listed (PBDB)		4	12.7 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Paradrillia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	48.6 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Perrona genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		43	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Pseudocochlespira ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	61.6 Ma Paleocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Pusionella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pyramimitra ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	56.0 Ma Paleocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Scaevatula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tomellana genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Toxiclionella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trachydrillia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turricula genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		447	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Vexitomina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	19.0 Ma Miocene	19.0 Ma Miocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Clionellidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Clionellidae
Melatomidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Melatomidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1824	Turriculinae Blainville
1853	Clavatulinae Gray
1928	Clavatulinae Woodring p. 165
1960	Turriculinae MacNeil p. 105
1960	Clavatulinae MacNeil p. 109
1964	Turriculinae Olsson p. 93
1970	Turriculinae Addicott p. 129
1970	Turriculinae Woodring p. 366
1976	Turriculinae Hickman p. 33
1976	Turriculinae Moore p. 37

Year	Name and Author
1980	Turriculinae Hickman p. 80
1984	Turriculinae Squires p. 36
1987	Turriculinae Squires p. 47
1988	Clavatulinae Ponder and Warén p. 307
1994	Turriculinae Wilson p. 187
1997	Turriculinae Petuch p. 136
2001	Turriculinae Harzhauser and Mandic p. 715
2005	Clavatulidae Bouchet et al. p. 256
2010	Turriculinae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 107

References

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

Woodring W. P. (1928) Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results, Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies

MacNeil F. S. (1960) Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa: A comparison of the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Gastropoda of Okinawa with related faunas of East Asia together with a resume of the geological setting of the fossiliferous deposits, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339, 1-148

Olsson A. A. (1964) , Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador

Addicott W.O. (1970) Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642, 1-172

Woodring W. P. (1970) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 D, 299-452

Hickman C. J. (1976) Bathyal gastropods of the family Turridae in the Early Oligocene Keasey Formation in Oregon, with a review of some deep-water genera in the Paleocene of the Eastern Pacific, Bulletins of American Paleontology 70 292, 1-119

Moore E. J. (1976) Oligocene marine mollusks from the Pittsburg Bluff Formation in Oregon, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 922, 1-66

Hickman C. S. (1980) Paleogene Marine Gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon, Bulletins of American Paleontology 78 310, 1-112

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Ponder W. F., Warén 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

Wilson B. (1994) , Australian Marine Shells 2

Petuch E. J. (1997) A new gastropod fauna from an Oligocene back-reef lagoonal environment in west central Florida., The Nautilus 110 4, 122-138

Harzhauser M., Mandic O. (2001) Late Oligocene gastropods and bivalves from the Lower and Upper Austrian Molasse Basin, Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Komimissionen 14, 671-795

Landau B., Marques da Silva C. (2010) Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy, Palaeontos 19, 1-221

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

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Invertebr - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308. - via World Register of Marine Species

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

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