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Palaeotachea

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae

Taxonomy
Palaeotachea was named by Jooss (1912). It is extant.

It was assigned to Helicidae by Salvador et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Palaeotachea Jooss
2015Palaeotachea Salvador et al.

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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
infraorderHelicoidei
superfamilyHelicoideaRafinesque 1815
familyHelicidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPalaeotacheaJooss 1912

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. Palaeotachea Jooss 1912
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†Palaeotachea renevieri Maillard 1892
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Invalid names: Cepaea dentula Ehrat and Jooss 1921 [synonym], Cepaea silvana Wenz 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the MN 6 or 23.04000 to 12.75000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.45 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany P. sp. (182615 182669 182893)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Megalotachea silvana (182599 182600 182602 182670 182875 182877 182879 182880 182881) P. sp., Megalotachea silvana (182605)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Cepaea silvana (106002)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany Megalotachea silvana (231121) Megalotachea silvana, P. renevieri (231122 231123) P. silvana (231119 231120)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Megalotachea silvana (199608)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) P. renevieri, Cepaea silvana (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Megalotachea silvana (205187)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Megalotachea silvana (172947 172951) Megalotachea silvana, P. renevieri (172950) P. renevieri, Cepaea sp. (48325)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Megalotachea silvana (231124 231125) Megalotachea silvana, P. renevieri (231118 231127 231128)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany Megalotachea silvana, P. renevieri (231126 231129)