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Zonitidae (true glass snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Zonitidae

Taxonomy
Zonitidae was named by Mörch (1864). It is extant. Its type is Zonites.

It was assigned to Stylommatophora by Schultz and Cheatum (1970); and to Zonitoidea by Bouchet et al. (2005), Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Zonitidae Mörch
1970Zonitidae Schultz and Cheatum p. 847
2005Zonitidae Bouchet et al. p. 268
2017Zonitidae Bouchet et al. p. 365

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
RankNameAuthor
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
suborderGeophila(Férussac 1819)
orderStylommatophora(Schmidt 1856)
suborderHelicina
infraorderLimacoidei
superfamilyZonitoideaMorch 1864
familyZonitidaeMörch 1864
familyZonitidaeMörch 1864

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.

Fm. Zonitidae Mörch 1864 [true glass snail]
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G. Aegopis Fitzinger 1833
Subfm. †Archaeozonitinae Pfeiffer 1930
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G. †Archaeozonites Sandberger 1873
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†Archaeozonites conicus Andreae 1902
†Archaeozonites costatus Sandberger 1876
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Invalid names: Aegopis costatus Kokay 2006 [synonym]
G. Glyphyalinia Martens 1892
G. Hawaiia Gude 1911
G. Miozonites Pfeffer 1929
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Miozonites costatus Binder 2002
G. Nesovitrea Cooke 1921
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†Nesovitrea boettgeriana Clessin 1877
†Nesovitrea disciformis Lueger 1981
G. †Ventridens Binney and Bland 1869
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Ventridens demissus Binney 1843
†Ventridens lens Gabb 1864
G. †Zonites Montfort 1810
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Subg. †Zonites (Ventridens) Bininey and Bland 1869
G. Zonitoides Lehmann 1862
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Subg. Zonitoides (Zonitoides) Lehmann 1862
Zonitoides arboreus Say 1817 [quick gloss]
†Zonitoides schaireri Schlickum 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:24:52
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:24:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle 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 (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Straparollus lens (72056)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Archaeozonites sp. (182602 182605)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria Miozonites sp. (231081)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany Archaeozonites sp. (231120)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Archaeozonites costatus (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Archaeozonites costatus (205187)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Archaeozonites costatus (231118 231124 231125) Archaeozonites sp. (231109 231110 231111)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Archaeozonites costatus (172950 172951)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Poland Zonitidae indet. (31040)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Archaeozonites sp. (48471)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Poland Archaeozonites conicus (231086 231087)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) Nesovitrea boettgeriana (167497)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria Nesovitrea boettgeriana (175587)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Archaeozonites sp. (46277)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria Nesovitrea disciformis (231089) Zonitoides schaireri, Nesovitrea disciformis, Archaeozonites laticostatus (231088)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Zonitidae indet. (75481)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Austria Nesovitrea disciformis (231090)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Kansas) Hawaiia minuscula (18046)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Nesovitrea disciformis (32649 231092)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Egypt Zonitoides nitridus (22507)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Zonitoides nitidus (50274)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Haute-Normandie Region) Nesovitrea hammonis (36426)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Glyphyalinia umbilicata (227395) Hawaiia minuscula (227396) Hawaiia minuscula, Glyphyalinia umbilicata (227400) Ventridens sp. (227391)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) Zonitidae indet. (40985)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Hawaiia minuscula, Nesovitrea electrina, Zonitoides nitidus, Zonitoides arboreus (20352) Hawaiia minuscula, Zonitoides arboreus (20293)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Zonitoides arboreus (138723)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Michigan) Zonitoides aboreas (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Zonitoides arboreus (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Hawaiia minuscule, Glyphyalinia indentata, Nesovitrea dallilana, Zonitoides arboreus (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Hawaiia miniscula (37788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Hawaiia minuscula, Zonitoides arboreus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Hawaiia minuscula (93554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Zonitoides nitidus (56806)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Ventridens sp. (227372)