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Lymnaeoidea

Gastropoda - Heterostropha

Taxonomy
Lymnaeacea was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant.

It was corrected as Lymnaeoidea by Bouchet et al. (2005), Miquel (2024).

It was assigned to Basommatophora by Taylor and Sohl (1962); to Hygrophila by Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Hygrophila by Miquel (2024).

Subtaxa
Lymnaeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Lymnaeacea Rafinesque
1962Lymnaeacea Taylor and Sohl p. 11
2005Lymnaeoidea Bouchet et al. p. 263
2024Lymnaeoidea Miquel p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderHygrophila(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyLymnaeoidea()
superfamilyLymnaeoidea()

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.

Superfm. Lymnaeoidea Rafinesque 1815
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Fm. Lymnaeidae Rafinesque 1815
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G. †Bulimnea Haldeman 1841
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†Bulimnea webbi Firby 1966
G. Galba Schrank 1803
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Subg. †Galba (Galba) Schrank 1803
†Galba dupuyiana Noulet 1845
†Galba halavatsi Wenz 1923
†Galba lufengensis Pan 1977
†Galba prima Yu et al. 2021
Galba truncatula Müller 1774
†Galba yunnanensis Pan 1977
G. Lymnaea Lamarck 1799
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†Lymnaea alamosensis Arnold 1908
†Lymnaea contracosta Cooper 1894
†Lymnaea dilatata Noulet 1854
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Invalid names: Radix dilatata Neubauer 2014 [synonym]
†Lymnaea longiscata Brongniart 1810
Lymnaea natalensis Krauss 1848
Lymnaea palustris Müller 1774
Lymnaea peregra Müller 1774
†Lymnaea strigosa Brongniart 1810
Subfm. Lymnaeinae Rafinesque 1815
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G. Fossaria Westerlund 1885
Invalid names: Acellinae Hannibal 1912 [synonym], Amphipepleinae Pini 1877 [synonym], Fossariinae Dybowski 1913 [synonym], Limnophysinae Dybowski 1903 [synonym]
G. Pseudosuccinea Say 1817
G. Radix Montfort 1810
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Subg. Radix (Cerasina) Kobelt 1881
†Radix cucuronensis Fontannes 1878
†Radix enzenbachensis Neubauer and Harzhauser 2014
†Radix korlevici Brusina 1884
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Invalid names: Lymnaea hyaloleuca Brusina 1902 [synonym]
†Radix socialis Zieten 1830
†Radix subbullata Sandberger 1875
G. Stagnicola Jeffreys 1830
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†Stagnicola armaniacensis Noulet 1852
†Stagnicola bouilleti Michaud 1855
†Stagnicola palustriformis Gottschick 1911
†Stagnicola praebouilleti Schlickum 1970
†Stagnicola reinholdkunzi Harzhauser et al. 2012
Subfm. †Valencienniinae Kramberger-Gorjanovic 1923
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Invalid names: Clivunellinae Kochandky-Devide and Sliskovic 1972 [synonym]
Invalid names: Lancinae Hannibal 1914 [empty]
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 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 (175 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2China (Yunnan) Galba lufengensis, Galba yunnanensis (165476)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3China (Yunnan) Galba yunnanensis (165466)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Morocco (Figuig) Lymnaeidae indet. (176120)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Lymnaea ativuncula, Lymnaea morrisonensis (231576)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Galba prima (161726)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Australia (New South Wales) Lymnaeidae indet. (241692)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) Lymnaeidae indet. (69800)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Lymnaea maastrichta, Lymnaea dilatata (67818)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Lymnaea subulata (226125)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Yunnan) Radix subbullata (165460)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Galba aquensis (182519)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Lymnaea similis, Lymnaea vetus (197777)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Lymnaea sp. (38980)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Lymnaea similis (191228) Lymnaea similis, Lymnaea sp. (191227) Lymnaea similis, Lymnaea vetusta, Lymnaea sp. (191226) Stagnicola sp. (16296)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Lymnaea palustris (184107)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Lymnaea sp. (149173)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Pseudosuccinea columella (205533)
Early/Lower Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (Nevada) Lymnaea sp. (135745)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Limnea longiscata (31736)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Lymnaea palustris (184162)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Lymnaea sp. (180197)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Picardie Region) Lymnaea sp. (12847)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Galba spp. (39249 40030) Limnea fusiformis, Limnea arenaria (39838) Limnea sp. (39840 39841)
MP 2433.9 - 27.3France (Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Radix fabula (37518 37567)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium Lymnaea fabulum (111366 111368) Lymnaea fabulum, Lymnaea longiscatus (111371) Lymnaea longiscatus (111373)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Germany (Rheinland Pfalz) Radix sp. (37964 37968)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Limnaea subbullata (182805)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Lymnaea subfragilis (74861)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany Stagnicola armaniacensis, Lymnaea dilatata (182615 182669)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Greece (Lesvos) Lymnaeidae indet., Radix sp. (186558)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Lymnaea sp. (136269)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Lymnaea dilatata (182598 182881) Stagnicola armaniacensis (182597 182599 182601 182604 182605 182616 182877) Stagnicola armaniacensis, Lymnaea dilatata (182600 182670 182875) Stagnicola armaniacensis, Stagnicola praebouilleti, Lymnaea dilatata (182594 182602)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Lymnaea dilatata (106002)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria (Styria) Galba sp. (74539)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria Galba sp., Lymnaea dilatata (231081)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Stagnicola reinholdkunzi (126917)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany Lymnaea dilatata (231120 231123) Lymnaea dilatata, Radix socialis (231119)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Lymnaea dilatata, Galba dupuyiana (199608)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina Galba sp. (231258) Radix korlevici (231248 231249 231250 231251 231252 231253 231254 231256 231257 231260 231261 231262 231263)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Croatia Lymnaea sp. (231205 231206 231218 231221 231226 231227)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Radix sp. (45598 45604 45613)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Limnea armaniacensis (31316)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Lymnaea dilatata, Galba dupuyiana (34615)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Lymnaea dilatata, Tudorella conica, Lymnaea armaniacensis (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Lymnaea dilatata (205187)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Galba dupuyiana, Radix sp. (48325) Lymnaea dilatata (172947 172950 172951 172952)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Galba dupuyiana (231109 231128) Lymnaea dilatata (231115 231127) Lymnaea dilatata, Galba dupuyiana (231110 231111 231113 231116) Lymnaea dilatata, Galba dupuyiana, Radix socialis (231112)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) Lymnaea stagnalis (32191)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Switzerland (Aargau) Stagnicola sp. (201975 201976)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany Lymnaea dilatata (231126 231129)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Poland Lymnaea sp., Stagnicola palustriformis (231087)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) Lymnaea turrita, Stagnicola palustris (167497 167509)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria Stagnicola bouilleti (77428)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye (Yalova) Stagnicola sp., Galba halavatsi (184470)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Croatia Radix croatica, Radix extensa (68221)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Türkiye (Central Anatolia) Galba gaudryi (37186) Galba gaudryi, Radix socialis (37154)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria Stagnicola bouilleti, Radix cucuronensis, Galba halavatsi (231088)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Lymnaea filocosta, Lymnaea sp. (19447)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Stagnicola bouilleti (32649)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Lymnaea palustris (174455)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Türkiye Galba sp. (234457)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Lymnaea javanica (84539)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Lymnaea petaluma (217347 217348 217350) Lymnaea petaluma, Lymnaea filocosta (217349)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Lymnaea stagnalis (51766)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Egypt Lymnaea caillaudi (22507)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Lymnaea palustris (35231) Lymnaea peregra (35239 35243) Lymnaea sp. (35240)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Oregon) Lymnaeidae indet. (225472)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Lymnaea sp. (239811)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) Limnaea peregra, Limnaea palustris (84765)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Spain (Granada) Lymnaea peregra (35222 35227)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Granada) Lymnaea palustris (35169)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Lymnaea stagnalis, Lymnaea auricularia, Lymnaea ovata, Limnaea palustris (50274)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Radix sp. (40800) Stagnicola sp. (40803)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy (Molise) Lymnaea truncatula (44093)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Fossaria cubensis, Fossaria modicella (227396 227400) Pseudosuccinea columella (227398)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Lymnea natalensis (22470)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Stagnicola caperata (20352)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Arizona) Fossaria sp. (190076)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie Region) Galba truncatula (36391)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Lymnaea stagnalis (36015)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Michigan) Stagnicola elodes, Fossaria sp., Fossaria decampi (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Lymnaea parva, Lymnaea humulus, Lymnaea caperota, Lymnaea sp. (37788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Stagnicola bulimoides, Stagnicola exilis, Stagnicola reflexa, Fossaria dalli, Fossaria obrussa (93554)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Lymnaea dalli, Lymnaea caperata, Lymnaea obrussa, Lymnaea modicella (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Radix sp. (64129)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Lymnaea sp. (101394)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Fossaria cubensis, Pseudosuccinea columella (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Stagnicola lanceata, Fossaria sp. (93208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Lymnaea catascopium (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Stagnicola palustris, Fossaria sp. (93556)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Lymnaea peregra, Lymnaea truncatula (163070 163076) Lymnaea peregra, Lymnaea truncatula, Lymnaea palustris (163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Fossaria modicella (20273) Fossaria sp. (236636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Fossaria galbana, Fossaria parva (174229) Stagnicola elodes, Fossaria galbana, Fossaria parva (174230)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Lymnaea stagnalis, Stagnicola elodes (63150)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Pseudosuccinea columella (227372)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Galba truncatula, Radix ovata (56806)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Lymnaea natalensis (22067)