Prehistroic Models: Mollusca

After Arthropoda (bugs), Mollusca is the second largest phylum (classification) of invertebrate animals. They include clams, snails, squid, chitons and limpets. Most have Calcium carbonate shells, which are abundant in the fossil record and are often used as index fossils.

Domain: Eukarya – Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Mollusca – Class: Bivalvia

(Clams, Pectin, Oysters, and Mussels)

Cambrian to Holocene

Common name: Clam
Time range:
Cambrian to Holocene

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Domain: Eukarya – Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Mollusca – Class: Gastropoda

(Snails, Slugs, Cowries, and Limpets)

Cambrian to Holocene

Common name: Snail
Time range:
Cambrian to Holocene
Common name: Snail
Time range:
Cambrian to Holocene
Common name: Cowry
Time range: ??? to Holocene

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Domain: Eukarya – Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Mollusca – Class: Cephalopoda – Subclass: Nautiloidea

(Nautiloids)

Late Cambrian to Holocene

Genus and species: Orthoceras regulare
Name meaning: “straight horn”
Classification: Order: Orthocerida – Family: Orthoceratidae
Location: Baltic States
Time: Middle Ordovician
Genus: Cameroceras sp.
Name meaning: “chambered horn”
Classification: Order: Endocerida – Family: Endoceratidae
Location: Laurentia, Baltica, and Siberia
Time: Middle Ordovician
Genus: Rayonnoceras sp.
Classification: Order: Pseudorthocerida – Family: Carbactinoceratidae
Location: North America
Time: Mississippian to Pennsylvanian
Genus and species: Nautilus pompilius
Common name: “Chambered nautilus”
Classification: Order: Nautilida – Family: Nautilidae
Location: Global
Time: Pleistocene to Holocene

Domain: Eukarya – Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Mollusca – Class: Cephalopoda – Subclass: Ammonoidea

(Ammonites)

Devonian to Late Cretaceous

The scientific name ‘Ammonite’ is an informal term for all animals in the mollusk group Ammonoidea. They are named for the Egyptian god ‘Ammon’. Ammon is usually depicted with ram’s horns on his head, which look a lot like the coiled shells of many species of ammonite.

Common name: Ammonite
Time range:
Devonian to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Time range:
Devonian to End Cretaceous
Common name: Ammonite
Time range:
Devonian to End Cretaceous
Genus: Australiceras sp.
Common Name: Australia Hornstone
Classification: Order: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Locatlity: Australia
Time:
Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
Suborder: Diplomoceras 
Name meaning: “Double horn”
Classification: Order: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Locality: Worldwide
Time: Lower Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian)
Genus and Species: Baculites
Name meaning: “walking stick rock”
Classification: Order: Ammonitida – Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Locality: North America , Europe (Turonian to Campanian)
Time: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Maastrichtian)
Genus and species: Parapuzosia seppenradensis
Common name: Ammonite
Classification: Order: Ammonitida – Family: Desmoceratidae.
Locality: Westphalia, Germany
Time range: Late Cretaceous (Lower Campanian)

Domain: Eukarya – Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Mollusca – Class: Cephalopoda – Subclass: Coleoidea

(Octopi, Squid, and Belemnites)

Caboniferous to Holocene

Common name: Squid
Time Range:Early Devonian to Holocene
Genus and species: Architeuthis dux
Common name:
“Giant Squid”
Classification:
Order: Oegopsida – Family: Architeuthidae
Location:
Global
Time:
??? to Holocene
Suborder: Belemnitina
Common name:“Belemnites”
Classification: Superoder: Belemnoidea – Order: Belemnitida
Time: Late Triassic to End Cretaceous
Common name: Octopus
Time range:
Middle Jurassic to Holocene
Common name: Octopus
Time range:
Middle Jurassic to Holocene
Common name: Octopus
Time range:
Middle Jurassic to Holocene

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Domain: Eukarya – Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Mollusca? – Family: Wiwaxiidae

(Unknown classification)

Cambrian Period

Genus: Wiwaxia 
Classification:
Phylum: Mollusca – Family: Wiwaxiidae
Described
by: Walcott, 1911
Time:
Cambrian Period
Locality: 
Burges Shale of British Columbia, Canada
Size: 
5 centimeters or 2 inches

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