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Limacoidei

Gastropoda - Heterostropha

Taxonomy
Limacoidei is an infraorder. It is extant.

It was assigned to Helicina by Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Limacoidei Bouchet et al. p. 365

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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
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
suborderGeophila(Férussac 1819)
orderStylommatophora(Schmidt 1856)
suborderHelicina
infraorderLimacoidei
infraorderLimacoidei

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.

Infraor. Limacoidei
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Superfm. Gastrodontoidea Tryon 1866
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Fm. Gastrodontidae Tryon 1866
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G. †Janulus Lowe 1852
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†Janulus austriacus Harzhauser and Binder 2004
†Janulus spadinii Manganelli et al. 2011
†Janulus supracostatus Sandberger 1873
Fm. Oxychilidae Hesse 1927
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G. Aegopinella Lindholm 1926
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†Aegopinella denudata Reuss 1849
†Aegopinella depressula Harzhauser and Neubauer 2018
†Aegopinella reussi Hoernes 1856
G. Daudebardia Hartmann 1821
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†Daudebardia praecursor Andreae 1902
Subfm. Oxychilinae Hesse 1927
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Invalid names: Helicellinae Adams and Adams 1855 [replaced]
G. †Oxychilus Fitzinger 1833
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†Oxychilus procellarium Jooss 1918
G. Perpolita Baker 1928
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†Perpolita miocaenica Andreae 1902
Fm. Pristilomatidae Cockerell 1891
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G. †Eurocystina Harzhauser and Neubauer 2018
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†Eurocystina nordsiecki Harzhauser and Neubauer 2018
G. Pristiloma Ancey 1887
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Pristiloma gabrielinum Berry 1924 [San Gabriel tightcoil]
G. Vitrea Fitzinger 1833
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†Vitrea angustaeumbilicata Harzhauser and Neubauer 2018
†Vitrea procrystallina Andreae 1902
Superfm. Helicarionoidea Bourguignat 1877
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G. Trochozonites Pfeffer 1883
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Trochozonites arabica Neubert and van Damme 2012
Superfm. Limacoidea Lamarck 1801
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Fm. †Agriolimacidae Wagner 1935
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G. Deroceras Rafinesque 1820
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†Deroceras aenigma Leonard 1950
Fm. Limacidae Lamarck 1801
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G. Lehmannia Heynemann 1863
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†Lehmannia excavata Andreae 1904
G. Limax Linnaeus 1758
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†Limax fossilis Sacco 1896
G. †Mennoia Harzhauser and Neubauer 2018
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†Mennoia sculpturata Harzhauser and Neubauer 2018
G. †Neubertella Harzhauser and Neubauer 2018
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†Neubertella pulchra Harzhauser and Neubauer 2018
Fm. Vitrinidae Fitzinger 1833
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G. †Oligolimax Fischer 1878
G. Phenacolimax Stabile 1859
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†Phenacolimax crassitesta Andreae 1902
G. Semilimax Agassiz 1845
G. Vitrina Draparnaud 1801
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†Vitrina obesa Pan 1977
†Vitrina obliqua Pan 1977
Vitrina suevica Sandberger 1876
Superfm. Parmacelloidea Fischer 1856
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Fm. Milacidae Ellis 1926
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G. Milax Gray 1855
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†Milax oppoliensis Andreae 1904
Fm. Parmacellidae Fischer 1856
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G. †Parmacella Cuvier 1804
Superfm. Zonitoidea Morch 1864
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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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Subg. †Archaeozonites (Pontaegopis) Leuger 1981
†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
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 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 (114 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Straparollus lens (72056)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Yunnan) Vitrina obliqua, Vitrina obesa (165460)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Milax latus (39014)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Oman Trochozonites arabica (171343)
Agenian23.04 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) Limacidae indet. (203089 203090 203092 203093)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Switzerland (Aargau) Limax sp. (201974)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Greece (Lesvos) Milax sp., Limax sp. (186558)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Uganda Trochozonites sp. (21723 236791)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Serbia (Serbia) Limax crassa (39714)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Uganda Trochozonites sp. (28441)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Archaeozonites sp. (182602 182605)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria Milax sp., Limax sp., Deroceras sp., Miozonites sp., Aegopinella denuata (231081)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria (Styria) Helicellinae indet. (74538)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Deroceras sp. (199608)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Limax sp., Vitrina sp., Janulus supracostatus (34615)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany Archaeozonites sp. (231120)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Limax sp. (44977 45598 45602 45612)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Archaeozonites costatus (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Archaeozonites costatus (172951) Archaeozonites costatus, Vitrina suevica (172950)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Archaeozonites costatus (205187)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Archaeozonites costatus (231118 231124 231125) Archaeozonites sp. (231109 231111) Limax sp., Archaeozonites sp. (231110)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Limax sp., Gastrodontoidea indet., Archaeozonites sp. (48471)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Poland Vitrinidae indet., Zonitidae indet. (31040)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Switzerland (Aargau) Limax sp. (201976) Oxychilidae indet. (201975)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Poland Agriolimacidae indet., Janulus sp., Aegopinella sp., Daudebardia praecursor, Archaeozonites conicus, Mennoia sculpturata, Neubertella pulchra, Lehmannia excavata, Milax oppoliensis, Aegopinella depressula, Perpolita miocaenica, Eurocystina nordsiecki, Vitrea angustaeumbilicata, Vitrea procrystallina, Phenacolimax intermedius (231087) Daudebardia praecursor, Vitrina intermedia, Archaeozonites conicus, Hyalinia miocaenica, Hyalinia procrystallina, Limax excavatus, Amalia oppoliensis, Phenacolimax crassitesta, Sansonia crassitesta, Patula gyrorbis, Hyalinia mendica, Hyalinia sp. (231086)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) Janulus olisiponensis (38139) Limax sp. (38137)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany Deroceras sp. (231129)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Limax sp. (45603)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) Limax crassus (167509) Limax crassus, Nesovitrea boettgeriana (167497)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria Limax sp., Nesovitrea boettgeriana, Oligolimax suevica (175587) Limax sp., Semilimax intermedius (77428)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Limax sp., Archaeozonites sp. (46277)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Türkiye (Central Anatolia) Limax crassissimus (37186)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria Limax spp., Janulus austriacus, Zonitoides schaireri, Nesovitrea disciformis, Archaeozonites laticostatus, Semilimax intermedius (231088) Nesovitrea disciformis (231089)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Limacidae indet. I, Limacidae indet. II, Zonitidae indet., Vitrea sp. (75481)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Austria Limax spp., Nesovitrea disciformis, Aegopinella reussi (231090)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Kansas) Hawaiia minuscula (18046)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Deroceras pachyostracon (19447)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Limax spp., Nesovitrea disciformis (231092) Milax sp., Limax spp., Oxychilus procellarium, Nesovitrea disciformis, Aegopinella reussi (32649)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Samos Island) Parmacella sp. (205351)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Limax sp., Vitrea procrystallina (174455)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) Limax sp., Parmacella sp., Vitrea sp. (32189)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Milacidae indet., Parmacella sp., Agriolimacidae indet., Janulus spadinii, Limax fossilis (172917 172924) Milacidae indet., Parmacella sp., Agriolimacidae indet., Limax fossilis (172925)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Milacidae indet., Parmacella n. sp., Agriolimacidae indet., Janulus spadinii, Limax fossilis (172915 172916 199859) Milacidae indet., Parmacella n. sp., Agriolimacidae indet., Limax fossilis (172914 199860) Milacidae indet., Parmacella sp., Agriolimacidae indet., Limax fossilis (172912) Milacidae indet., Parmacella sp., Parmacella n. sp., Agriolimacidae indet., Janulus spadinii, Limax fossilis (172910)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain (Granada) Milacidae indet. (35258)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Milacidae indet. (35231 35232 35234 35239 35242)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Granada) Milacidae indet., Vitrea sp. (35178)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Egypt Zonitoides nitridus (22507)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Parmacella sp. (51761)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy (Tuscany) Limax sp. (51778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Zonitoides nitidus (50274)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Haute-Normandie Region) Aegopinella minor (36392) Oxychilus sp., Limax sp., Nesovitrea hammonis, Aegopinella pura, Aegopinella minor, Vitrea crystallina (36426)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) Zonitidae indet. (40985)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Glyphyalinia umbilicata (227395) Hawaiia minuscula (227396) Hawaiia minuscula, Glyphyalinia umbilicata (227400) Ventridens sp. (227391)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Oxychilus mercadali, Vitrina sp. (34128)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Deroceras aenigma (20426) Hawaiia minuscula, Deroceras aenigma, Zonitoides arboreus (20293) Hawaiia minuscula, Nesovitrea electrina, Zonitoides nitidus, Zonitoides arboreus (20352)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Deroceras sp. (28223)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie Region) Oxychilus sp., Limax sp. (36390) Oxychilus sp., Limax sp., Vitrina sp., Aegopinella pura, Aegopinella minor (36391)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Limax sp., Vitrea inopinata (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie region) Vitrina sp. (36427)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Abruzzo) Milax sp., Oxychilus sp., Limax sp., Vitrea subrimata (68337) Vitrea contracta (68336)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Zonitoides arboreus (138723)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Oxychilus sp. (69062)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Michigan) Zonitoides aboreas (70130)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Pristiloma gabrielinum (240844)
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)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Dodecanese) Oxychilus hydatinus (182809)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Hawaiia miniscula (37788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Hawaiia minuscule, Glyphyalinia indentata, Nesovitrea dallilana, Zonitoides arboreus (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Zonitoides arboreus (59063)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Trochozonites indet. (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Oxychilus sp., Zonitoides nitidus, Vitrea contracta (56806)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Ventridens sp. (227372)