Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Alternative spelling: Planorbis (Gyraulus)
Parent taxon: Planorbidae according to M. Harzhauser and H. Binder 2004
See also Gründel et al. 2000, Harzhauser and Kowalke 2002, Oostingh 1935, Schultz and Cheatum 1970 and Shoshani et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Anisus, Armiger, Australorbis, Bathyomphalus, Bulininae, Burnupia, Ceratophallus, Hippeutis, Micromenetus, Neoplanorbinae, Orygoceras, Planorbella, Planorbina, Planorbinae, Promenetus, Pseudancylus, Rhodacmeinae, Segmentina, Tropicorbis, Vorticifex, Umbrellancylus, Laevapex, Hebetoncylus, Pettancylus, Ancylus
Subtaxa: Gyraulus (Gyraulus) Gyraulus albertanus Gyraulus applanatus Gyraulus convexiusculus Gyraulus costulatus Gyraulus cryptornatus Gyraulus geminus Gyraulus kleini Gyraulus krohi Gyraulus pulici Gyraulus sachsenhoferi Gyraulus trochiformis Gyraulus vermicularis Gyraulus vermicularis
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (3: Alberta, Ontario collections), China (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Egypt (4), France (1), Italy (1), Mauritius (1), Poland (1), United States (18: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, Texas)
• Blancan of United States (2: California, Oregon)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Spain (2)
• Pliocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Indonesia (1), Spain (3), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Austria (6), Bosnia and Herzegovina (15), Croatia (4), Germany (28), Greece (2), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (3), Turkey (2)
• Oligocene of Belgium (3), Germany (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of China (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Arizona)
• Jurassic of China (2), France (2)
Total: 118 collections including 138 occurrences
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