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Cepaea

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae

Taxonomy
Cepaea was named by Held (1838). It is extant.

It was assigned to Helicidae by Harzhauser and Kowalke (2002).

Species
C. etelkae, C. eversa, C. sylvestrina
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. vindobonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Cepaea Held
2002Cepaea Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
RankNameAuthor
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
suborderGeophila(Férussac 1819)
orderStylommatophora(Schmidt 1856)
suborderHelicina
infraorderHelicoidei
superfamilyHelicoideaRafinesque 1815
familyHelicidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCepaeaHeld 1838

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. Cepaea Held 1838
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†Cepaea etelkae Halavats 1923
†Cepaea eversa Deshayes 1851
†Cepaea sylvestrina Schlotheim 1820
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) C. rugulosa (182805)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France C. subglobosa (74861)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) C. sp. (39714)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. sp. (49102)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) C. sp. (45598 45604 45605 45612 45613)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) C. eversa, C. sylvestrina (34615)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany C. eversa (231116) C. eversa, C. sylvestrina (231109 231111 231112 231113 231115)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) C. sp., C. eversa, C. sylvestrina (48471)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) C. sp. (45603 45614)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) C. sp. (167497 167509)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) C. sp. (46277)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria C. gottschicki (106570) C. sp. (77428)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria C. etelkae (231088)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Niederoesterreich) C. etelkae (231092) C. sp. (32649)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) C. sp. (40758)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) C. vindobonensis (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) C. nemoralis (50056) C. sp. (50194)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) C. sp. (34985)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France C. sp. (56806)