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Fossaria

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae

Taxonomy
Fossaria was named by Westerlund (1885). It is extant.

It was assigned to Lymnaeidae by Schultz and Cheatum (1970); and to Lymnaeinae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Fossaria Westerlund
1970Fossaria Schultz and Cheatum p. 843
2005Fossaria Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderHygrophila(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyLymnaeoidea()
familyLymnaeidae
subfamilyLymnaeinaeRafinesque 1815
genusFossariaWesterlund 1885

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. Fossaria Westerlund 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:17:53
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:17:53
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rancholabrean or 0.30000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) F. cubensis, F. modicella (227396 227400)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Arizona) F. sp. (190076)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) F. sp., F. decampi (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) F. cubensis (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) F. sp. (93556)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) F. dalli, F. obrussa (93554)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) F. galbana, F. parva (174229 174230)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) F. modicella (20273) F. sp. (236636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) F. sp. (93208)