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Helicininae

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Helicinidae

Taxonomy
Helicininae was named by Férussac (1822). It is extant. It is the type subfamily of Helicinidae.

It was assigned to Helicinidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Helicininae Férussac
1890Bourcierinae Paetel
2005Helicininae Bouchet et al. p. 86

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCycloneritida()
superfamilyHelicinoideaFérussac 1822
familyHelicinidaeFérussac 1822
subfamilyHelicininaeFérussac 1822
subfamilyHelicininaeFérussac 1822

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. Helicininae Férussac 1822
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G. Bourciera Pfeiffer 1852
G. Helicina Lamarck 1799
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Helicina dubia Lamarck 1804
G. Olygyra Say 1818
G. Tropidomphalus Pilsbry 1895
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Tropidomphalus rotundus Binder 2004
Invalid names: Bourcierinae Paetel 1890 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Helicina dubia (171533 184110 184815)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Helicina ballista (61051 61096) Helicina ballista, Helicina posti, Helicina ballista (60985)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Tropidomphalus zellii (106002)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria Tropidomphalus rotundus (231081)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria (Styria) Tropidomphalus rotundus (74538 74539)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria Tropidomphalus gigas (106570)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Tropidomphalus doderleini (75481)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Tropidomphalus doderleini (231092)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Helicina orbiculata (93103)