Nerineidae

Nerineidae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Heterobranchia.

Nerineidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
NerineoideaPBDB
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Gastropoda
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Gastropoda
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 109 million years on record.

The record covers at least 192.9 Mya to 83.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 201.4 Mya to 66 Mya.

Late Triassic — about 0 of 479 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 22 of 479 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 94 of 479 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 125 of 479 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 180 of 479 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 58 of 479 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 479 occurrences204–199 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences199–195 Mya — about 2 occurrences195–190 Mya — about 6 occurrences190–185 Mya — about 8 occurrences185–181 Mya — about 5 occurrences181–176 Mya — about 1 occurrence176–171 Mya — about 3 occurrences171–167 Mya — about 38 occurrences167–162 Mya — about 49 occurrences162–157 Mya — about 35 occurrences157–152 Mya — about 46 occurrences152–148 Mya — about 28 occurrences148–143 Mya — about 19 occurrences143–138 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences138–134 Mya — about 32 occurrences134–129 Mya — about 18 occurrences129–124 Mya — about 17 occurrences124–120 Mya — about 40 occurrences120–115 Mya — about 39 occurrences115–110 Mya — about 21 occurrences110–106 Mya — about 5 occurrences106–101 Mya — about 8 occurrences101–96 Mya — about 22 occurrences96–91 Mya — about 19 occurrences91–87 Mya — about 6 occurrences87–82 Mya — about 4 occurrences82–77 Mya — about 3 occurrences77–73 Mya — about 3 occurrences73–68 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences68–63 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences192.9 Mya83.6 Mya204 Mya63 Mya

479 occurrences of Nerineidae on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group, and the chart stops with its fossils rather than at the present. 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

479 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

Carmel — 37.21°N, 113.30°WCarmel — 37.27°N, 113.41°WCarmel — 39.18°N, 110.72°WCarmel — 38.72°N, 110.54°WCarmel — 38.68°N, 110.58°WCarmel — 38.34°N, 110.53°WCarmel — 37.97°N, 111.60°WCarmel — 37.92°N, 111.66°WCarmel — 37.27°N, 112.52°WCarmel — 37.22°N, 112.68°WCarmel — 37.38°N, 112.85°WCarmel — 37.26°N, 112.88°WCarmel — 37.20°N, 112.89°WTataouine — 33.00°N, 10.47°ETataouine — 32.00°N, 10.47°EAlcobaca — 39.32°N, 9.35°WAlcobaca — 38.42°N, 9.22°WAlcobaca — 39.52°N, 9.13°WAlisitos — 31.52°N, 116.65°WHanifa — 23.90°N, 46.28°EHanifa — 23.08°N, 46.53°EHanifa — 22.60°N, 46.37°EHanifa — 22.40°N, 46.95°EHanifa — 24.08°N, 46.68°EHanifa — 25.63°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 24.23°N, 46.58°EDhruma — 23.20°N, 46.33°EDhruma — 23.80°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 23.97°N, 46.17°EDhruma — 22.50°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 24.75°N, 46.00°EDhruma — 25.05°N, 45.67°EDhruma — 26.33°N, 44.83°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 23.90°N, 46.53°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 22.62°N, 46.50°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 22.43°N, 46.42°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 20.25°N, 45.17°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 25.37°N, 45.50°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 25.78°N, 45.25°ETuwaiq Mt.Lst. — 26.03°N, 45.00°EVuache — 46.83°N, 6.52°ESa Wer — 10.16°N, 43.06°ESa Wer — 10.34°N, 42.80°ESa Wer — 10.56°N, 43.00°ETwin Creek Limestone — 43.63°N, 111.28°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.94°N, 110.51°WTwin Creek Limestone — 41.83°N, 110.87°WTwin Creek Limestone — 42.40°N, 111.02°WTwin Creek Limestone — 40.41°N, 110.83°WTwin Creek Limestone — 43.66°N, 111.33°WBarranquín — 8.96°N, 63.55°WCalcaires récifaux supérieurs — 38.81°N, 9.47°WCalcaires récifaux supérieurs — 38.72°N, 9.45°WCalcaires récifaux supérieurs — 38.85°N, 9.33°WZirc Limestone — 47.27°N, 17.87°EZirc Limestone — 47.08°N, 17.57°EGalala — 29.67°N, 34.50°EGalala — 30.38°N, 33.52°EBudden Canyon — 40.42°N, 122.53°WBudden Canyon — 40.47°N, 122.61°WSchrattenkalk — 47.43°N, 10.23°EAntalo — 13.63°N, 39.44°EMarnes de Smail — 36.06°N, 4.39°EMarnes de Smail — 36.20°N, 4.04°EMarnes de Smail — 35.86°N, 3.83°ECalcari Grigi — 45.48°N, 11.02°ECalcari Grigi — 45.58°N, 10.98°ECalcari Grigi — 45.58°N, 11.13°ECalcari Grigi — 45.87°N, 11.38°ERedding — 40.64°N, 122.24°WRedding — 40.67°N, 122.13°WRedding — 40.65°N, 122.25°WRedding — 40.66°N, 122.26°WFalaise de Bikfaya — 33.92°N, 35.71°EWhite Limestone — 51.75°N, 1.17°WWhite Limestone — 51.00°N, 1.00°WWhite Limestone — 51.70°N, 1.78°WEspichel — 39.42°N, 9.22°Wcalcaires à Choffatelles et Dasycladacées — 38.73°N, 9.47°W

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The named rock units Nerineidae 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. 184 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Nerineidae and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Nerineidae and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

1,728 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 310 sites for Nerineidae, 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

132 references

Each of the 479 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. 120 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

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Picture of Nerineidae

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No 3D scan of Nerineidae 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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Zittel 1873