Siphonaria Sowerby 1824 (pulmonate)

Gastropoda - Basommatophora - Siphonariidae

Parent taxon: Siphonariidae according to J. A. Todd 2001

See also Gordillo 1991, Jensen 1996, Kensley 1972, Sepkoski 2002, Sohl 1964 and Woodring 1928

Sister taxa: Anisomyon, Siphonacmea, Williamia

Subtaxa: Siphonaria (Heterosiphonaria) Siphonaria alternata Siphonaria atra Siphonaria capensis Siphonaria capuloides Siphonaria lessonii Siphonaria wieseri

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Argentina (3), Australia (2), Bermuda (6), Cuba (1), Mozambique (1), Namibia (2), South Africa (3), Spain (1), United States (3: California), Uruguay (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), South Africa (1), United States (1: California), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of France (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), South Africa (1)

• Eocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Poland (1)

• Cretaceous of United States (3: Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 40 collections including 42 occurrences

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