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Helicodontidae

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicodontidae

Taxonomy
Helicodontidae was named by Kobelt (1904). It is extant.

It was assigned to Helicoidea by Salvador et al. (2015), Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Helicodontidae Kobelt
2015Helicodontidae Salvador et al.
2017Helicodontidae Bouchet et al. p. 366

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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
familyHelicodontidaeKobelt 1904
familyHelicodontidaeKobelt 1904

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. Helicodontidae Kobelt 1904
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G. Helicodonta Ferussac 1821
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 MN 5 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Helicodonta sp. (231109) Helicodontidae indet. (231112)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Helicodonta involuta (172950 172951)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Poland Helicodonta involuta, Protodrepanostoma hecklei (231086) Protodrepanostoma involutum (231087)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Abruzzo) Helicodonta obvoluta (68337)