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Diaphanoidea

Gastropoda

Taxonomy
Diaphanoidea was named by Odhner (1914) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7707].

It was assigned to Cephalaspidea by Beesley (1998); and to Heterobranchia by Kaim et al. (2014).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Diaphanoidea Odhner
1998Diaphanoidea Beesley p. 942
2014Diaphanoidea Kaim et al. p. 422

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
superorderHeterobranchiaGray 1840
superfamilyDiaphanoideaOdhner 1914
superfamilyDiaphanoideaOdhner 1914

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Diaphanoidea Odhner 1914
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Fm. †Diaphanidae Odhner 1914
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G. Diaphana Brown 1827
G. Toledonia Dall 1902
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesupero
Life habit: epifaunalsupero
Diet: carnivoresupero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:57:31
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:57:31
Source: supero = superorder, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 55.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) Diaphana assula (8105)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Diaphana moerchi, Toledonia flensburgensis (98312)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Diaphana minuta (179048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Diaphana brunnea (37673)