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Lymnaeidae

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Lymnaeidae Rafinesque
1989Lymnaeidae Shoshani et al. p. 435
2005Lymnaeidae Bouchet et al. p. 263
2018Lymnaeidae Harzhauser and Neubauer p. 82
2021Lymnaeidae Yu et al. p. 1328

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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()
familyLymnaeidae
familyLymnaeidae

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. 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. †Lutrilimnea Taylor and Smith 1981
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†Lutrilimnea gentilis Taylor and Smith 1981
†Lutrilimnea polyskelidis Taylor and Smith 1981
†Lutrilimnea ursina Taylor and Smith 1981
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
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:17:53
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:17:53
Source: f = family, c = class
References: 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 (184 total)

Oldest occurrences

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)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Pseudosuccinea columella (205533)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Galba aquensis (182519)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Lymnaea sp. (38980)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Lymnaea similis, Lymnaea vetus (197777)
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)
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)