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Ancylus

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae

Taxonomy
Ancylus was named by Müller (1774). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ancylidae by Alferez et al. (1982).

Species
A. (Ancylastrum), A. fluviatilis
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. elegans, A. vinti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1774Ancylus Müller
1982Ancylus Alferez et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderHygrophila(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyPlanorboideaRafinesque 1815
familyPlanorbidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAncylusMüller 1774

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.

G. Ancylus Müller 1774
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Subg. Ancylus (Ancylastrum) Bourguignat 1853
Ancylus fluviatilis Müller 1774
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:25:20
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:25:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Westphalian C to the top of the Holocene or 314.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 309.8 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8United Kingdom (England) A. vinti (122564)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) A. elegans (39643)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) A. sp. (136269)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Valencia) A. sp. (40758)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) A. fluviatilis (35230 35239)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) A. fluviatilis (40985)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) A. sp. (191132)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) A. fluviatilis (163076)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France A. fluviatilis (56806)