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Viviparinae

Gastropoda - Viviparidae

Taxonomy
Viviparinae was named by Gray (1847). It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Viviparinae Gray
2005Viviparinae Bouchet et al. p. 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Architaenioglossa(Haller 1890)
superfamilyViviparoideaGray 1847
familyViviparidaeGray 1847
subfamilyViviparinaeGray 1847
subfamilyViviparinaeGray 1847

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. Viviparinae Gray 1847
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G. †Kosovia Pavlovic 1931
G. Paludina Férussac 1812
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Paludina acicularis Hislop 1859
Paludina normalis Hislop 1859
Paludina ornata Phillips 1871
Paludina pura Eichwald 1864
Paludina pyramis Hislop 1859
Paludina rawesi Hislop 1859
Paludina sankeyi Hislop 1859
Paludina soluta Hislop 1859
Paludina subangulata Phillips 1871
Paludina subcylindracea Hislop 1859
Paludina takliensis Hislop 1859
Paludina virapai Hislop 1859
Paludina wapsharei Hislop 1859
G. Viviparus Montfort 1810
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Viviparus aulacophorus Brusina 1874
Viviparus aurelianus Cossmann 1899
Viviparus conradi Meek and Hayden 1857
Viviparus dezmanianus Brusina 1874
Viviparus hoernesi Neumayr 1869
Viviparus javanicus von dem Busch in Philippi 1844
Viviparus kochanskyae Mandic et al. 2015
Viviparus loxostomus Sandberger 1875
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Invalid names: Vivipara semseyi Halavats 1903 [synonym]
Viviparus marylandicus Clark 1911
Viviparus suevicus Wenz 1919
Invalid names: Vivipara Dupuy 1851 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-07-20 01:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 03:50:54
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Holocene or 205.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.4 Ma

Collections (214 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Paludinidae indet. (22684)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3China (Yunnan) Viviparus jingguensis (165456 165465)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Viviparus scoticus (40565 40699 40710 40715 40717)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Italy Viviparus scoticus (160187)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Viviparus scoticus (31054)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Viviparus sp. (36547)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Viviparus sp. (8427)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Viviparus morrisonensis (231577)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Colorado) Viviparus reesidei (11611 39419 192453 192456)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06France (Poitou-Charentes) Viviparus inflatus (164377)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1United Kingdom (England) Paludina elongata, Paludina sussexiensis, Paludina subangulata, Paludina ornata (100655)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Utah) Viviparus sp. (46439)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Sweden (Skåne) Viviparus sp. (118043)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Sweden (Scania) Viviparus sp. (144784 144786)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Japan (Fukuoka) Viviparus onogoensis (145244 145245)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5Japan (Fukui) Viviparus onogoensis (207793)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5Spain (Castilla y Leon) Paludina sp. (64406)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) Viviparus sp. (90047)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Viviparus sp. (58094)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Viviparus sp. (75211)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Brazil (Bahia) Paludina sp. (51911)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (England) Viviparus sp. (223903)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Japan (Ishikawa) Viviparus ogamigoensis (52177)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Aptian132.6 - 113.2Japan (Gifu) Viviparus onogoensis (50310)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan (Fukui) Viviparus onogoensis (207791 219134)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan (Ishikawa) Viviparus onogoensis (32324 50357 50359)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Viviparus sp. (166749)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Paludina sp. (24897 127436)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Russian Federation (Nerchinsk) Paludina pura (142140)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Spain (La Rioja) Paludina sp. (173560)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2USA (Texas) Viviparus sp. (69012)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Liaoning) Viviparus sp. (36970)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Jilin) Viviparus sp. (197339)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (Maryland) Viviparus arlingtonensis, Viviparus marylandicus (232239)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1South Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do) Viviparus sp. (52860)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Viviparus conradi (71486)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Viviparus couesii (64789)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Viviparus sp. (236742)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Sonora) Viviparus australis (91376 91377)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arizona) Viviparus sp. (24915 32301 68255 138220)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Viviparus sp. (219712)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Viviparus raynoldsanus (150883)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Viviparus sp. (14446)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Brazil (Goiás) Viviparus souzai (225041)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Viviparus prudentius (55363) Viviparus sp. (14502)
Edmontonian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Viviparus sp. (71487)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Viviparus sp. (14519 14522 14538)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Viviparus sp. (231099 231100)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Viviparus thompsoni (54105)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Viviparus sp. (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Paludina sp. (58102)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Viviparus sp. (47034)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Viviparus leai (14569)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Viviparus thompsoni, Viviparus sp. form A (192041)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Paludina normalis (226125) Viviparus normalis (186132)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Paludina deccanensis (26370)
Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66Canada (Alberta) Viviparus leai (46099)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4USA (Utah) Viviparus sp. (14748)
Puercan66.0 - 63.4Canada (Alberta) Viviparus leai (22925)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 59.24United Kingdom (England) Viviparus suessoniensis (8083)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Viviparus formosus (22853 22880 22916 22920) Viviparus leai (22918 22926) Viviparus leai, Viviparus trochiformis, Viviparus leidyi, Viviparus formosus (22921) Viviparus leidyi (22884) Viviparus retusus (22881 22882 22883 22912 22913) Viviparus sp. (34431) Viviparus trochiformis, Viviparus formosus (22879 22914 22919) Viviparus trochiformis, Viviparus leidyi, Viviparus formosus (22915)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5Canada (Alberta) Viviparus planolatere (14995)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Viviparus paludinaeformis (191219 191220) Viviparus sp. (15793 191221)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Viviparus wyomingensis (191223 191225)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Japan Paludina sp. (70902)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Viviparus angulosus, Viviparus sp., Paludina sp., Paludina concinna (39014)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Viviparus lyelli (91736)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Viviparus subpurpureus (205410)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom Paludina lenta (40772)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Paludina globuloides (40102 40428 40862) Paludina globuloides, Paludina lenta (40441) Paludina lenta (39664 39674 39704 39828 39840 40267 40268 40269 40270 40271 40300 40359 40377 40380 40387 40423 40769 40851 40852 40853 40900 40901 40903 40906 40908 40913 40914 40915 40918) Paludina sp. (39662 40096 40099 40421 40845 40859 40880 40887 40893) Viviparus sp. (39292)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Paludina unicolor, Paludina conciana, Paludina minima, Paludina impurata, Paludina lenta (39643)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04India Viviparus bengalensis (72175)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Hungary Viviparus ventricosus (8338)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Germany Viviparus suevicus (70327)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Viviparus bengalensis (72171)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany Viviparus suevicus (70332 70338)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Viviparus suevicus (49102)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Viviparus javanica (70085)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye (Yalova) Viviparus sandleri (184470)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Viviparus loxostomus (32649)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Valencia) Viviparus sp. (40758)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Viviparus achatinoides, Viviparus karaganicus (174455)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania Viviparus achatinoides, Viviparus fuchsi (73301) Viviparus neumayri (73300)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Türkiye (Central Anatolia) Viviparus sp. (37188)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Viviparus javanicus (84520 84528 84530 84533 84534 84538 84539 84540)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Croatia Viviparus dezmanianus (185965) Viviparus hoernesi (185966) Viviparus kochanskyae (185963) Viviparus kochanskyae, Viviparus aulacophorus (185964)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Viviparus georgianus (41749)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Viviparus georgianus (19764)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Mie) Viviparus sp. (34496)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Greece (Kos) Viviparus calverti (233224)
Pleistocene - Neogene2.58 - 2.58Greece Viviparus sp. (34607)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy Viviparus pollonerae (178779)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Viviparus sp. (40800)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Viviparus georgianus (61309)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Viviparus georgianus (227375 227381 227382 227383 227384 227385 227387 227392 227394 227395 227396 227397 227398 227399 227400)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117China (Yunnan) Viviparus sp. (36583)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Viviparus georgianus (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Paludina impura, Paludina minuta (152473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Viviparus georgianus (61311 96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Viviparus georgianus (227372 227374)