Procerithiidae

Procerithiidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails in the subclass Caenogastropoda. As currently defined, it is extinct, although it has been suggested to include the extant genus Argyropeza.

Procerithiidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CerithiimorphaPBDB
Diet
grazerPBDB, for Cerithiimorpha
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Cerithiimorpha
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Cerithiimorpha
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 274 million years on record.

The record covers at least 274.4 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 283.3 Mya to 0 Mya.

Permian — about 2 of 586 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 586 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 0 of 586 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 33 of 586 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 31 of 586 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 114 of 586 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 68 of 586 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 25 of 586 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 42 of 586 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 16 of 586 occurrencesEocene — about 0 of 586 occurrencesOligocene — about 0 of 586 occurrencesMiocene — about 8 of 586 occurrencesPliocene — about 49 of 586 occurrencesPleistocene — about 199 of 586 occurrences289–279 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences279–270 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences270–260 Mya — about 1 occurrence241–231 Mya — about 1 occurrence231–222 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences222–212 Mya — about 3 occurrences212–202 Mya — about 23 occurrences202–193 Mya — about 12 occurrences193–183 Mya — about 17 occurrences183–173 Mya — about 9 occurrences173–164 Mya — about 79 occurrences164–154 Mya — about 67 occurrences154–144 Mya — about 34 occurrences144–135 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences135–125 Mya — about 1 occurrence125–116 Mya — about 14 occurrences116–106 Mya — about 5 occurrences106–96 Mya — about 18 occurrences96–87 Mya — about 14 occurrences87–77 Mya — about 3 occurrences77–67 Mya — about 9 occurrences67–58 Mya — about 18 occurrences29–19 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences19–9.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence9.6–0 Mya — about 255 occurrences274.4 Mya129 ka289 Mya0 Mya

586 occurrences of Procerithiidae on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

586 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

100 formations

Pico — 34.36°N, 118.56°WPico — 34.33°N, 118.72°WPico — 34.43°N, 118.70°WPico — 34.34°N, 118.47°WPico — 34.35°N, 118.52°WTimms Point Silt — 33.73°N, 118.28°WLomita Marl — 33.74°N, 118.28°WLomita Marl — 33.75°N, 118.30°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.99°N, 118.45°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.60°N, 117.88°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.71°N, 118.27°WPalos Verdes Sand — 33.80°N, 118.17°WUnnamed — 33.24°N, 119.51°WUnnamed — 33.24°N, 119.55°WSan Pedro Sand — 33.74°N, 118.28°WAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 38.42°N, 9.22°WCarmel — 37.70°N, 113.05°WCarmel — 37.59°N, 113.06°WCarmel — 37.25°N, 113.52°WCarmel — 37.27°N, 113.78°WCarmel — 38.87°N, 110.91°WCarmel — 38.74°N, 110.52°WCarmel — 38.33°N, 111.52°WCarmel — 38.10°N, 111.93°WCarmel — 37.27°N, 112.52°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.88°N, 120.51°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.84°N, 120.41°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.90°N, 120.32°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.74°N, 120.41°WCareaga Sandstone — 34.77°N, 120.48°WQuaternary terrace — 33.75°N, 118.33°WQuaternary terrace — 33.76°N, 118.35°WQuaternary terrace — 33.76°N, 118.34°WOxford Clay — 52.00°N, 1.00°WOxford Clay — 53.50°N, 0.33°WMarnes de Smail — 36.06°N, 4.39°EMarnes de Smail — 36.20°N, 4.04°EMarnes de Smail — 35.19°N, 4.02°EMarnes de Smail — 35.86°N, 3.83°EChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EFoxen Mudstone — 34.89°N, 120.55°WFoxen Mudstone — 34.69°N, 120.24°WFernando — 34.05°N, 118.25°WFernando — 34.05°N, 118.25°WPancho Rico — 36.18°N, 121.18°WPancho Rico — 35.90°N, 120.84°WPancho Rico — 35.73°N, 120.81°WPancho Rico — 36.25°N, 121.29°WPancho Rico — 36.03°N, 120.86°WPancho Rico — 35.99°N, 120.79°WPancho Rico — 35.96°N, 120.73°WCalcaire de Hennequeville — 49.37°N, 0.08°ETowsley — 34.36°N, 118.51°WZohar — 30.93°N, 34.98°EOsmington Oolite — 50.60°N, 2.45°WOsmington Oolite — 50.80°N, 2.28°WOsmington Oolite — 50.63°N, 2.37°WCoral Rag de Trouville — 49.32°N, 0.03°ECoral Rag de Trouville — 48.60°N, 0.63°ECoral Rag de Trouville — 49.37°N, 0.08°ESan Pedro — 33.80°N, 118.16°WMulanguiñeu — 44.40°S, 70.57°WMulanguiñeu — 44.33°S, 70.34°WHalal — 30.37°N, 34.45°E

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The named rock units Procerithiidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 76 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 148 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Procerithiidae and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Procerithiidae and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

3,040 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 375 sites for Procerithiidae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

137 references

Each of the 586 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 125 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Procerithiidae

Credit
H. Zell
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Procerithiidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Cossmann 1905