Aporrhaidae

Aporrhaidae is a family of sea snails commonly called the "pelican's foot snails." The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 categorizes Aporrhaidae as marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.

Aporrhaidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
StromboideaPBDB
Diet
detritivorePBDB
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB
Motility
slow-movingPBDB
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 201 million years on record.

The record covers at least 201.4 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 205.7 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Triassic — about 1 of 2334 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 43 of 2334 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 179 of 2334 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 102 of 2334 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 272 of 2334 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 1328 of 2334 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 135 of 2334 occurrencesEocene — about 77 of 2334 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 48 of 2334 occurrencesMiocene — about 90 of 2334 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 34 of 2334 occurrencesPleistocene — about 22 of 2334 occurrences210–203 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences203–196 Mya — about 4 occurrences196–189 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences189–182 Mya — about 33 occurrences182–175 Mya — about 6 occurrences175–168 Mya — about 55 occurrences168–161 Mya — about 128 occurrences161–154 Mya — about 49 occurrences154–147 Mya — about 41 occurrences147–140 Mya — about 8 occurrences140–133 Mya — about 23 occurrences133–126 Mya — about 23 occurrences126–119 Mya — about 61 occurrences119–112 Mya — about 55 occurrences112–105 Mya — about 60 occurrences105–98 Mya — about 138 occurrences98–91 Mya — about 264 occurrences91–84 Mya — about 105 occurrences84–77 Mya — about 164 occurrences77–70 Mya — about 330 occurrences70–63 Mya — about 447 occurrences63–56 Mya — about 67 occurrences56–49 Mya — about 15 occurrences49–42 Mya — about 18 occurrences42–35 Mya — about 37 occurrences35–28 Mya — about 35 occurrences28–21 Mya — about 27 occurrences21–14 Mya — about 46 occurrences14–7.0 Mya — about 35 occurrences7.0–0 Mya — about 60 occurrences201.4 Mya11.7 ka210 Mya0 Mya

2,334 occurrences of Aporrhaidae on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. 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

2,334 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

311 formations

Prairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 34.23°N, 89.00°WPrairie Bluff — 33.90°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.72°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 33.52°N, 88.84°WPrairie Bluff — 33.38°N, 88.74°WPrairie Bluff — 33.15°N, 88.67°WPrairie Bluff — 33.07°N, 88.61°WPrairie Bluff — 33.05°N, 88.56°WPrairie Bluff — 32.91°N, 88.51°WPrairie Bluff — 32.67°N, 88.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.24°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.39°N, 87.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.07°N, 87.33°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 87.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.99°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.97°N, 86.72°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.92°N, 86.17°WPrairie Bluff — 31.99°N, 85.92°WRipley — 31.79°N, 85.13°WRipley — 34.73°N, 88.95°WRipley — 34.49°N, 89.01°WRipley — 34.25°N, 90.00°WRipley — 35.23°N, 88.61°WRipley — 32.05°N, 86.78°WRipley — 35.32°N, 88.42°WRipley — 35.29°N, 88.60°WLadd — 33.72°N, 117.63°WLadd — 33.75°N, 117.68°WLadd — 33.83°N, 117.62°WLadd — 33.88°N, 117.57°WRedding — 40.74°N, 122.10°WRedding — 40.64°N, 122.36°WRedding — 40.64°N, 122.24°WRedding — 40.66°N, 122.25°WRedding — 40.64°N, 122.25°WRedding — 40.63°N, 122.10°WRedding — 40.63°N, 121.97°WRedding — 40.65°N, 122.25°WProvidence — 31.91°N, 86.17°WProvidence — 31.87°N, 86.08°WProvidence — 31.97°N, 86.00°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.70°WProvidence — 31.95°N, 85.68°WProvidence — 31.84°N, 85.22°WProvidence — 31.78°N, 85.14°WProvidence — 31.75°N, 85.12°WProvidence — 31.89°N, 85.21°WProvidence — 31.82°N, 85.00°WLefipán — 42.67°S, 69.98°WLefipán — 42.69°S, 69.84°WLefipán — 42.49°S, 69.96°WCorsicana Marl — 33.53°N, 94.51°WCorsicana Marl — 33.51°N, 94.67°WCorsicana Marl — 33.34°N, 95.40°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.86°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.85°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.59°N, 96.32°WCorsicana Marl — 32.06°N, 96.47°WCorsicana Marl — 31.74°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.52°N, 96.58°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.85°N, 97.08°WCorsicana Marl — 30.37°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 30.30°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 29.95°N, 97.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.83°N, 97.84°WCorsicana Marl — 29.60°N, 98.03°WCorsicana Marl — 29.55°N, 98.13°WCorsicana Marl — 29.49°N, 98.19°WCorsicana Marl — 29.40°N, 98.63°WCorsicana Marl — 29.39°N, 98.71°WCorsicana Marl — 29.37°N, 98.78°WWoodbine — 31.95°N, 97.32°WWoodbine — 33.81°N, 96.83°WWoodbine — 33.68°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 32.05°N, 97.23°WWoodbine — 32.73°N, 97.22°WWoodbine — 32.84°N, 97.08°WWoodbine — 32.70°N, 97.45°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.80°N, 96.85°WWoodbine — 33.73°N, 96.77°WWoodbine — 33.70°N, 96.58°WWoodbine — 33.64°N, 96.61°WWoodbine — 33.76°N, 96.67°WWoodbine — 33.67°N, 96.34°WWoodbine — 33.60°N, 96.37°WWoodbine — 33.90°N, 95.57°WWoodbine — 33.84°N, 95.76°WNacatoch Sand — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNacatoch Sand — 32.59°N, 96.31°WNacatoch Sand — 33.61°N, 95.05°WNacatoch Sand — 33.14°N, 96.11°WNacatoch Sand — 31.31°N, 96.90°WNacatoch Sand — 32.05°N, 96.41°WTataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.57°N, 10.35°ETataouine — 32.73°N, 10.48°ETataouine — 32.92°N, 10.45°EBudden Canyon — 40.45°N, 122.56°WBudden Canyon — 40.43°N, 122.60°WBudden Canyon — 40.46°N, 122.55°WBudden Canyon — 40.02°N, 122.51°WOwl Creek — 34.17°N, 88.89°WOwl Creek — 34.93°N, 88.87°WOwl Creek — 34.82°N, 88.88°WOwl Creek — 34.74°N, 88.90°WOwl Creek — 34.45°N, 89.00°WOwl Creek — 37.00°N, 89.85°WOwl Creek — 37.00°N, 89.87°Wopoka — 51.32°N, 21.95°Eopoka — 51.05°N, 21.80°Eopoka — 51.10°N, 21.80°ELa Meseta — 64.24°S, 56.68°WLa Meseta — 64.25°S, 56.70°WLa Meseta — 64.23°S, 56.64°WLa Meseta — 64.25°S, 56.62°WMerchantville — 39.54°N, 75.72°WMerchantville — 40.44°N, 74.24°WMerchantville — 39.95°N, 74.99°WMerchantville — 40.14°N, 74.72°WTropic Shale — 37.07°N, 111.62°WTropic Shale — 37.21°N, 111.17°WChari — 23.50°N, 70.50°EAtherfield Clay — 50.60°N, 1.32°WAtherfield Clay — 51.23°N, 0.58°WAtherfield Clay — 50.61°N, 1.36°WMancos Shale — 36.35°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 36.18°N, 110.88°WMancos Shale — 36.55°N, 110.48°WMancos Shale — 35.97°N, 110.84°WMancos Shale — 40.76°N, 108.89°WOpalinuston — 47.43°N, 8.15°EOpalinuston — 47.37°N, 7.78°EOpalinuston — 47.68°N, 8.52°ECoffee Sand — 34.66°N, 88.57°WCoffee Sand — 34.26°N, 88.70°WCoffee Sand — 32.62°N, 89.53°WCoffee Sand — 34.45°N, 88.58°WSobral — 64.25°S, 56.75°WSobral — 64.25°S, 56.70°WGalala — 29.67°N, 34.50°EGalala — 30.38°N, 33.52°EGalala — 29.28°N, 34.72°EGalala — 29.63°N, 34.40°EChico — 39.85°N, 121.71°WChico — 39.65°N, 121.59°WChico — 40.06°N, 121.78°WChico — 39.80°N, 121.73°WChico — 40.18°N, 121.79°WChico — 40.24°N, 122.11°WChico — 39.76°N, 121.62°WChico — 38.72°N, 121.21°W

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The named rock units Aporrhaidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 287 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 374 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Aporrhaidae and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Aporrhaidae and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

1,608 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,418 sites for Aporrhaidae, 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

364 references

Each of the 2,334 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. 352 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 Aporrhaidae

Credit
nobody named on the record
Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record

No 3D scan of Aporrhaidae was found in Smithsonian Open Access and Sketchfab.

MorphoSource was 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Gray 1850