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Bellamya

Gastropoda - Viviparidae

Taxonomy
Bellamya was named by Jousseaume (1886). It is extant. It is the type genus of Bellamyinae.

It was assigned to Bellamyinae by Rohrbach (1937), Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Bellamya Jousseaume
1937Bellamya Rohrbach
2005Bellamya Bouchet et al. p. 35

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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
subfamilyBellamyinaeRohrbach 1937
genusBellamyaJousseaume 1886

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. Bellamya Jousseaume 1886
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Bellamya unicolor Olivier 1804
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 Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Japan B. mabutii (70900)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Japan B. mabutii (70904 70905)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Japan B. mabutii (71044)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Japan B. mabutii (68895)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Kenya Bellamya indet. (22236)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania B. capillata (22042)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania B. capillata (22048 22052)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi B. capillata, B. robertoni, B. trochlearis, B. pagodiformis (22271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania B. capillata (22481)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa B. adami, B. worthingtoni (22119 22120 22123) B. adami, B. worthingtoni, B. sp. (22121) B. adami, B. worthingtoni, B. sp., B. emerenciae, B. cylindricus, B. unicolor (22076) B. unicolor (22084 22097 22102)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Viviparus unicolor (22178)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Bellamya indet. (22268 22269 22270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa B. unicolor (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan B. unicolor (208786 208787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa B. unicolor (22067)