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Bithyniidae

Gastropoda - Bithyniidae

Taxonomy
Bithyniidae was named by Gray (1857) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6421]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Truncatelloidea by Ponder and Warén (1988); and to Rissooidea by Beesley (1998), Bouchet et al. (2005), Salvador and Rasser (2016).

Subtaxa
Bithynia, Bulimidae, Gabbiella, Lufengospira
Sister taxa
Bulimidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Bithyniidae Gray
1988Bithyniidae Ponder and Warén p. 297
1998Bithyniidae Beesley p. 759
2005Bithyniidae Bouchet et al. p. 251
2016Bithyniidae Salvador and Rasser p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyBithyniidaeGray 1857
familyBithyniidaeGray 1857

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. Bithyniidae Gray 1857
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G. Bithynia Leach 1818
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Subg. Bithinia (Nematura) Benson 1836
†Bithynia glabra Zieten 1830
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Invalid names: Bithynia dunkeri Schlickum 1966 [synonym], Paludina tentaculata Krauss 1852 [synonym]
†Bithynia jurinaci Brusina 1884
†Bithynia mengyinense Grabau 1923
Bithynia stanleyi Smith 1877
†Bithynia vukotinovici Brusina 1874
Fm. †Bulimidae Guilding 1828
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G. Gabbia Tryon 1865
G. Gabbiella Prudhoe 1989
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Gabbiella humerosa Martens 1879
G. †Lufengospira Yu and Xi 1977
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†Lufengospira obsoleta Yu and Xi 1977
†Lufengospira pyriformis Yu and Xi 1977
†Lufengospira tulotomoides Yu and Xi 1977
†Lufengospira yunnanensis Yu and Xi 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:15:22
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:15:22
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, 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 (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2China (Yunnan) Lufengospira obsoleta (165476)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3China (Yunnan) Bithynia mengyinense (165456) Lufengospira obsoleta, Lufengospira yonglingensis (165453) Lufengospira pyriformis (165477) Lufengospira tulotomoides (165480) Lufengospira yunnanensis (165479)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia (Govi-Altai) Bithynia sp. (136203)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Bulimidae indet. (60474)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Bulimidae indet. (55390)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Yunnan) Bithynia yunlongensis (165458 165459)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Bithynia sp. (40887 40893)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) Bithynia adornatus (175921)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany Bithynia glabra (182669)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Greece (Lesvos) Bithynia sp. (186558)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Switzerland (Aargau) Bithynia sp. (201974)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Bithynia sp. (136269)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Bithynia glabra (182594 182595 182596 182597 182598 182599 182600 182601 182602 182603 182604 182605 182616 182670 182875 182877 182878 182879 182880 182881)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany Bithynia glabra (231119)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Bithynia sp. (45612 45613)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina Bithynia jurinaci (231255 231259)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Bithynia sp. (231110)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Bithynia sp. (175727)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Bithynia sp. (48471)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Kenya Gabbiella indet. (22303)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Switzerland (Aargau) Bithynia sp. (201975 201976)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) Bithynia sp. (38137 38139)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria Bithynia sp. (175587)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye (Yalova) Bithynia sp. (184470)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Israel Bithyniidae indet. (197657)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Türkiye (Central Anatolia) Bithynia glabra (37154)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria Bithynia jurinaci (231088 231089)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Austria Bithynia jurinaci (231090)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Bithynia jurinaci (32649)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) Bithynia sp. (32189)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Türkiye (Central Anatolia) Bithynia glabra (37188)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Gabbiella humerosa (22048)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania Gabbiella humerosa (22481)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain (Granada) Bithynia sp. (35258)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Croatia Bithynia vukotinovici (185963 185964)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Bithynia leachi (51772) Bithynia leachi, Bithynia tentaculata (51766)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Gabbia sp. (239811)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Spain (Granada) Bithynia sp. (35224 35226)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Bithynia sp. (40799)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Gabbia subadiella (22552 22577)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Bithynia sp. (35078)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Gabbiella senaariensis, Gabbiella humerosa (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Bithynia sp. (64124) Bithynia tentaculata (63978)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Bithynia sp. (201990)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Gabbiella senaariensis (208786)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Gabbiella senaariensis, Gabbiella humerosa (22067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Bithynia tentaculata, Bithynia leachi (56806)