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Potamidinae (horn snail)

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Potamidinae Adams and Adams
1947Potamidinae Harris and Palmer p. 302
1950Telescopiidae Alan p. 86
1959Potamidinae Woodring p. 176
1960Potamidinae MacNeil p. 39
1964Potamididae Sohl p. 363
1964Potamidinae Sohl p. 363
1976Potamididae Givens and Kennedy p. 963
1983Potamididae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 101
1983Potamidinae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 101
1988Cerithideidae Houbrick
1988Cerithideidae Ponder and Warén p. 294
1988Potamididae Ponder and Warén p. 294
1989Potamidinae Robba et al. p. 74
1990Potamididae Beu et al. p. 406
1995Cerithideidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
1995Potamidinae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
1997Potamididae Marquet p. 9
1997Potamidinae Marquet p. 9
1998Potamididae Beesley p. 724
2001Potamididae Harzhauser and Mandic p. 694
2001Potamididae Todd
2002Potamididae Harzhauser p. 74
2002Potamidinae Harzhauser p. 74
2002Potamididae Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 66
2003Potamididae Saul and Squires p. 444
2004Potamididae Harzhauser p. 118
2005Potamididae Bouchet et al. p. 249
2006Potamidinae Perrilliat et al. p. 155
2007Potamididae Harzhauser p. 95

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
subfamilyPotamidinaeAdams and Adams 1854
subfamilyPotamidinaeAdams and Adams 1854

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.

Subfm. Potamidinae Adams and Adams 1854 [horn snail]
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G. †Exechestoma Cossmann 1899
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Exechestoma cossmani Newton 1922
G. †Hannatoma Olsson 1931
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Hannatoma emendorferi Olsson 1931
Hannatoma gesteri Hanna and Israelsky 1925
Hannatoma tumbezia Olsson 1931
G. Pirenella Gray 1847
G. †Tylochilus Cossmann 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 85.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Pirenella muensteri (74490)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Pirenella montensis (22931)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Germany Pirenella sp. (3115)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Exechestoma sp., Pirenella carpaticus (27018)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France Tylochilus aequatus, Tylochilus brimonti (178086)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Tylochilus multigranosus (75322 75329 75348) Tylochilus multigranosus, Tylochilus palensis (75320 75324 75356) Tylochilus palensis (75321 75323 75327 75328 75330 75342 75352 75410)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria Exechestoma cossmanni (41394)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Peru Melanatria gesteri (93745)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Pirenella cuspidata, Pirenella turritellata (171526)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Exechestoma cossmani (51240)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Panama (Colon) Hannatoma antyx (49497)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie) Pirenella crenatulata, Pirenella tiarella (178082) Pirenella cuspidata (178155)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) Pirenella crenatulata, Pirenella tiarella, Pirenella turritellata (179130)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru Hannatoma emendorferi (55440)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria Pirenella corrugata (103739)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) Pirenella corrugata (102230)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama Hannatoma antyx, Hannatoma emendorferi (42495)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia Hannatoma emendorferi (42787 42788 42789)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru (Piura) Hannatoma tumbezi, Hannatoma gesteri (55433)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Peru Hannatoma tumbezi, Hannatoma gesteri (42794)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Centre) Pirenella discolor (179581)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Romania Pirenella picta (70575 70617)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Czech Republic Pirenella disjuncta, Pirenella picta (173024) Pirenella picta, Pirenella disjuncta (173045 173046 173120 173123 173124 173125 173153 173154 173155)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Pirenella moravica (38823)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Pirenella picta (25259 73299)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania Pirenella picta, Pirenella disjuncta (35124)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy Pirenella etrusca (78335)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Pirenella sp. (77528) Pirenella stowi (77527)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Pirenella conica (198587)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Pirenella stowi (122945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel Pirenella teilhardi (225667)