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Galba

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae

Taxonomy
Galba was named by Schrank (1803). It is extant. Its type is Buccinum truncatulum.

It was assigned to Lymnaeidae by International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998), Binder (2004), Yu et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Galba Schrank
1998Galba International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature p. 123
2004Galba Binder p. 192
2021Galba Yu et al. p. 1328

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderHygrophila(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyLymnaeoidea()
familyLymnaeidae
genusGalbaSchrank 1803

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. Galba Schrank 1803
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Subg. †Galba (Galba) Schrank 1803
†Galba dupuyiana Noulet 1845
†Galba halavatsi Wenz 1923
†Galba lufengensis Pan 1977
†Galba prima Yu et al. 2021
Galba truncatula Müller 1774
†Galba yunnanensis Pan 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height42.571.026.453.723.12

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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Holocene or 170.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.2 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2China (Yunnan) G. lufengensis, G. yunnanensis (165476)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3China (Yunnan) G. yunnanensis (165466)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar G. prima (161726)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon) G. aquensis (182519)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) G. spp. (39249 40030)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria G. sp. (231081)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria (Styria) G. sp. (74539)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina G. sp. (231258)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) G. dupuyiana (199608)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) G. dupuyiana (34615)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany G. dupuyiana (231109 231110 231111 231112 231113 231116 231128)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Lymnaea armaniacensis (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) G. dupuyiana (48325)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye (Yalova) G. halavatsi (184470)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Türkiye (Central Anatolia) G. gaudryi (37154 37186)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria G. halavatsi (231088)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Türkiye G. sp. (234457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy (Molise) Lymnaea truncatula (44093)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Germany (Bayern) G. truncatula (277008 277009)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie Region) G. truncatula (36391)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Lymnaea truncatula (163070 163075 163076)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France G. truncatula (56806)