Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Vetigastropoda
Ordo: Pleurotomariida
Superfamilia: Pleurotomarioidea
Familiae (1 + 8†): Pleurotomariidae – †Catantostomatidae – †Kittlidiscidae – †Phymatopleuridae – †Polytremariidae – †Portlockiellidae – †Rhaphischismatidae – †Trochotomidae – †Zygitidae
Name
Pleurotomarioidea Swainson, 1840
References
Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1–2): 1–397. BHL Reference page.
Links
Pleurotomarioidea in the World Register of Marine Species
Pleurotomarioidea is a superfamily of small to large marine gastropods included in the order Pleurotomariida of the subclass Vetigastropoda.[2]
These are the slit shells, originally named Pleurotomariacea, in keeping with the convention for naming superfamilies at the time. This updated version of the name for the taxon is usually used by students of the living Mollusca. Paleontologists often still use the name Pleurotomariacea instead.
Evolutionary history
Forming the first evidence of crown-group gastropods when they appeared in the Upper Cambrian, the fossil record of the Pleurotomarioideans has no substantial gaps until today. The group took quite a hit at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–T boundary), with only the Pleurotomariidae surviving the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event – and then only in deep waters.[3]
Living representatives of the group were first discovered in the mid-19th century, and their unusual mix of primitive and derived characters perplexed biologists. The researchers originally responded by re-working their ideas of how the gastropod lineage evolved, but with the introduction of cladistics, attempts are currently underway to fit them into a molluscan phylogeny.[3]
Taxonomy
2004 taxonomy
J. D. Stilwell et al. 2004[4] put the Pleurotomarioidea in the order Archaeogastropoda which is included in the Prosobranchia.
1993 and 2005 taxonomy
The following families have been recognized in taxonomy by Tracey at al. (1993)[5] and in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
family Pleurotomariidae
† family Catantostomatidae
† family Kittlidiscidae
† family Phymatopleuridae
† family Polytremariidae
† family Portlockiellidae
† family Rhaphischismatidae
† family Trochotomidae
† family Zygitidae
Bouchet and Rocroi (2005) includes the Pleurotomarioidea in the Vetigastropoda, following Ponder and Lindberg (1997), but refers to the Vetigastropoda simply as a clade.
2008 taxonomy
P. J. Wagner 2008[6] includes the superfamily Pleurotomarioidea, (ex Pleurotomariacea) in the suborder Pleurotomariina and superorder Vetigastropoda. This is an as yet (September 2010) unpublished opinion by Wagner.[6]
References
Lindberg, edited by Winston F. Ponder, David R. (2008). Phylogeny and evolution of the Mollusca. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25092-5. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
Harasewych, M. (2002). "Pleurotomarioidean gastropods". Molluscan Radiation - Lesser-known Branches. Advances in Marine Biology. Vol. 42. pp. 237–294. doi:10.1016/S0065-2881(02)42015-9. ISBN 9780120261420. ISSN 0065-2881. PMID 12094724.
Classification of J. D. Stilwell et al. 2004 J. D. Stilwell, W. J. Zinsmeister, and A. E. Oleinik. 2004. Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance. Bulletins of American Paleontology 367
Tracey, S.; J.A. Todd; D.H. Erwin (1993). Mollusca, Gastropoda; in : M.J. Benton (ed.) The Fossil Record, volume 2. London: Chapman & hall. pp. 131–167.
[unreliable source?] Classification of P. J. Wagner 2008 P. J. Wagner. 2008. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayReference&reference_no=9042 (unpublished).
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