Soleniscidae

Soleniscidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Caenogastropoda. It was first seen on the 431–427 Ma (Silurian) and its last recorded appearance was in Late Triassic. It is found in the Americas, South Asia and Asian islands, Europe, northern edge of Africa.

No picture of Soleniscidae was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none. Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is. GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Soleniscidae, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LoxonematoideaPBDB
Diet
carnivore, detritivorePBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB
Motility
slow-movingPBDB
Vision
limitedPBDB
Environment
marinePBDB

Time the record covers

At least 193 million years on record.

The record covers at least 426.7 Mya to 233.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 430.6 Mya to 227.3 Mya.

Silurian — about 7 of 921 occurrencesDevonian — about 125 of 921 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 429 of 921 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 314 of 921 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 31 of 921 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 2 of 921 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 13 of 921 occurrences435–428 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences428–421 Mya — about 6 occurrences421–414 Mya — about 5 occurrences414–406 Mya — about 12 occurrences406–399 Mya — about 4 occurrences399–392 Mya — about 6 occurrences392–385 Mya — about 41 occurrences385–378 Mya — about 40 occurrences378–371 Mya — about 12 occurrences371–364 Mya — about 3 occurrences364–357 Mya — about 6 occurrences357–350 Mya — about 9 occurrences350–343 Mya — about 4 occurrences343–336 Mya — about 12 occurrences336–329 Mya — about 85 occurrences329–322 Mya — about 22 occurrences322–315 Mya — about 16 occurrences315–308 Mya — about 117 occurrences308–301 Mya — about 123 occurrences301–294 Mya — about 46 occurrences294–287 Mya — about 18 occurrences287–280 Mya — about 23 occurrences280–273 Mya — about 32 occurrences273–266 Mya — about 44 occurrences266–258 Mya — about 64 occurrences258–251 Mya — about 128 occurrences251–244 Mya — about 27 occurrences244–237 Mya — about 2 occurrences237–230 Mya — about 12 occurrences230–223 Mya — about 1 occurrence426.7 Mya233.6 Mya435 Mya223 Mya

921 occurrences of Soleniscidae on record, most of them in the Carboniferous. 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

921 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

175 formations

Chhidru — 32.55°N, 71.78°EChhidru — 32.48°N, 72.20°EChhidru — 32.44°N, 72.20°EChhidru — 32.52°N, 72.11°EChhidru — 32.40°N, 72.10°EChhidru — 32.47°N, 71.97°EChhidru — 32.47°N, 71.95°EChhidru — 32.60°N, 71.82°EChhidru — 32.72°N, 71.75°EChhidru — 32.25°N, 71.14°ESecond Abden Shale — 56.07°N, 3.17°WGraham — 32.73°N, 98.64°WGraham — 33.27°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.19°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.22°N, 98.19°WGraham — 33.14°N, 98.21°WGraham — 33.05°N, 98.40°WGraham — 33.14°N, 99.18°WWewoka — 35.04°N, 96.36°WWewoka — 34.90°N, 96.43°WWewoka — 35.02°N, 96.33°WWewoka — 34.87°N, 96.47°WAllegheny — 40.77°N, 80.77°WAllegheny — 40.88°N, 80.87°WAllegheny — 40.90°N, 80.85°WAllegheny — 40.77°N, 80.70°WAllegheny — 40.93°N, 80.48°WAllegheny — 40.18°N, 81.95°WAllegheny — 41.03°N, 80.78°WAllegheny — 40.07°N, 82.02°WAllegheny — 39.47°N, 83.75°WAllegheny — 40.07°N, 82.35°WAllegheny — 40.35°N, 81.12°WAllegheny — 40.52°N, 81.47°WCabaniss — 37.48°N, 94.61°WCabaniss — 37.59°N, 89.70°WCabaniss — 38.33°N, 94.02°WCabaniss — 38.47°N, 93.87°WCabaniss — 37.82°N, 91.56°WCabaniss — 38.04°N, 94.34°WWargal — 32.25°N, 71.14°EWargal — 32.41°N, 72.10°EWargal — 32.52°N, 72.30°EWargal — 32.47°N, 71.97°EWargal — 32.45°N, 71.95°EWargal — 32.55°N, 71.77°EWargal — 32.63°N, 71.75°EWargal — 32.72°N, 71.75°EWargal — 32.70°N, 71.65°EWargal — 32.73°N, 71.63°EWargal — 32.57°N, 72.41°EHeshan — 23.82°N, 108.87°EFlechado — 36.34°N, 105.60°WFlechado — 36.41°N, 105.57°WSisophon — 13.00°N, 103.00°ESisophon — 13.60°N, 102.95°ESisophon — 13.05°N, 103.06°EGlenshaw — 39.98°N, 81.73°WGlenshaw — 40.37°N, 80.63°WGlenshaw — 40.16°N, 78.59°WGlenshaw — 40.43°N, 79.30°WGlenshaw — 40.38°N, 79.75°WGlenshaw — 40.52°N, 79.95°WKowala — 50.80°N, 20.57°EKowala — 50.88°N, 20.62°EKowala — 50.83°N, 20.70°EKowala — 50.80°N, 20.47°EKowala — 50.63°N, 21.37°ETorquay — 50.47°N, 3.50°WMoenkopi — 39.00°N, 110.68°WMoenkopi — 39.10°N, 110.50°WMoenkopi — 38.24°N, 111.25°WPark City — 39.60°N, 110.82°WPark City — 43.17°N, 109.17°WPark City — 43.13°N, 110.58°WPark City — 43.52°N, 109.88°WCathedral Mountain — 30.41°N, 103.11°WCathedral Mountain — 30.26°N, 103.37°WCathedral Mountain — 30.39°N, 103.15°WDangarfield — 32.05°S, 150.92°EDangarfield — 32.03°S, 150.97°ECassian — 46.68°N, 12.15°ECassian — 46.57°N, 11.94°ECassian — 46.55°N, 11.93°ERoad Canyon — 30.39°N, 103.14°WRoad Canyon — 30.30°N, 103.34°WMadera Limestone — 35.75°N, 107.12°WSupai — 33.99°N, 110.35°WSupai — 33.83°N, 109.86°WSupai — 33.93°N, 110.19°WSupai — 33.94°N, 110.11°WOrlej Limestone — 50.07°N, 19.63°EShakhtau Reef — 53.65°N, 56.08°EShakhtau Reef — 53.65°N, 56.07°EDenay Limestone — 39.98°N, 116.27°W

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The named rock units Soleniscidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 151 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 69 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Soleniscidae and its relatives

Carboniferous

Where Soleniscidae and its relatives were recorded in the Carboniferous.

Found in the same rock

3,156 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 571 sites for Soleniscidae, 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

191 references

Each of the 921 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. 179 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 content0

No picture of Soleniscidae was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Soleniscidae, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Soleniscidae was found in Sketchfab.

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

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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

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What may have been alongside itLoxonematoidea through timeFormations of the CarboniferousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Knight 1931