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Galba truncatula

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae

Taxonomy
Buccinum truncatulum was named by Müller (1774). It is extant. It is the type species of Galba.

It was recombined as Lymnaea truncatula by Coope et al. (1961); it was recombined as Galba truncatula by International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1774Buccinum truncatulum Müller
1961Lymnaea truncatula Coope et al.
1998Galba truncatula International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature p. 123

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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
genusGalbaSchrank 1803
speciestruncatula(Müller 1774)

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.

Galba truncatula Müller 1774
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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: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy (Molise) Lymnaea truncatula (44093)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie Region) Galba truncatula (36391)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Lymnaea truncatula (163070 163075 163076)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Galba truncatula (56806)