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Siphonaria

Gastropoda - Siphonariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Siphonaria Sowerby
1928Siphonaria Woodring p. 110
1964Siphonaria Sohl p. 322
1972Siphonaria Kensley p. 182
1991Siphonaria Gordillo p. 129
1996Siphonaria Jensen p. 37
2001Siphonaria Todd
2002Siphonaria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassPulmonataCuvier 1817
Basommatophora(Keferstein 1864)
superfamilySiphonarioideaGray 1840
familySiphonariidaeGray 1840
genusSiphonariaSowerby 1824

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. Siphonaria Sowerby 1824
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Subg. Siphonaria (Heterosiphonaria) Hubendick 1945
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Invalid names: Siphonaria brunnea Hanley 1858 [synonym]
Siphonaria atra Quoy 1833
Siphonaria capensis Quoy and Gaimard 1833
Siphonaria capuloides Cooper 1894
Siphonaria lessonii Blainville 1827
Siphonaria wieseri Wade 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubc
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:43:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:46:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Anisomyon wieseri (88357)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) S. wieseri (205445)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) S. sp. (205541)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium S. dubia (22931)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Poland S. dubia (27018)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) S. ocitatia (40733)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France S. bisiphites, S. vasconiensis (74861)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy S. polygona (178108 178110)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia S. dentifera (70185)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa Siphonaria indet. (22219)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) S. aspera (179484)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica S. sp. (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela S. pectinata (131210)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) S. sp. (186031)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) S. sp. (91831)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (South Australia) S. baconi (63379)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Namibia (Erongo) S. capensis (124057)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Namibia (Karas) S. capensis (124049)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Cuba S. brunnea (66769)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mozambique S. capensis (122947)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa S. aspera (122939) S. deflexa (122945)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) S. brannani (37933 37939 37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Angola S. pectinata, S. capensis (152644)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain S. grisea (128324)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda S. alternata (67947 67949 67950 67964)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina S. lessoni (71610)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) S. sp. (110492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda S. alternata (67946 67948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay S. lessoni (195917)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) S. sp. (84621)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina S. lessoni (65819 65823)