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Lymnaea

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae

Taxonomy
Lymnaea was named by Lamarck (1799). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Noulet (1845), Michaud (1855), Sandberger (1875); to Lymnaeinae by Shoshani et al. (1989); and to Lymnaeidae by Oostingh (1935), Lozouet et al. (2001), Binder (2004), Harzhauser and Neubauer (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Lymnaea Lamarck
1845Limnea Noulet
1855Lymnea Michaud
1875Limneus Sandberger
1935Lymnaea Oostingh p. 116
1989Lymnaea Shoshani et al. p. 435
2001Lymnaea Lozouet et al. p. 85
2004Lymnaea Binder p. 192
2018Lymnaea Harzhauser and Neubauer p. 82

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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
genusLymnaeaLamarck 1799

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.

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
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 Kimmeridgian to the top of the Holocene or 154.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 143.1 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) L. ativuncula, L. morrisonensis (231576)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) L. maastrichta, L. dilatata (67818)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) L. subulata (226125)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) L. similis, L. vetus (197777)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) L. sp. (38980)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) L. similis (191228) L. similis, L. sp. (191227) L. similis, L. vetusta, L. sp. (191226)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France L. palustris (184107)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Namibia (Sperrgebiet) L. sp. (149173)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Nevada) L. sp. (135745)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Picardie Region) L. sp. (12847)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Namibia (Sperrgebiet) L. sp. (180197)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France L. palustris (184162)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Limnea longiscata (31736)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Limnea fusiformis, Limnea arenaria (39838) Limnea sp. (39840 39841)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium L. fabulum (111366 111368) L. fabulum, L. longiscatus (111371) L. longiscatus (111373)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France L. subfragilis (74861)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany L. dilatata (182615 182669)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) L. sp. (136269)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany L. dilatata (182594 182598 182600 182602 182670 182875 182881)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) L. dilatata (106002)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria L. dilatata (231081)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Croatia L. sp. (231205 231206 231218 231221 231226 231227)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Limnea armaniacensis (31316)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) L. dilatata (34615)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) L. dilatata (199608)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany L. dilatata (231119 231120 231123)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany L. dilatata (231110 231111 231112 231113 231115 231116 231127)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) L. dilatata (205187)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) L. dilatata, Tudorella conica (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) L. dilatata (172947 172950 172951 172952) Radix sp. (48325)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) L. stagnalis (32191)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany L. dilatata (231126 231129)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Poland L. sp. (231087)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) L. turrita (167497 167509)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) L. filocosta, L. sp. (19447)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') L. palustris (174455)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia L. javanica (84539)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) L. petaluma (217347 217348 217350) L. petaluma, L. filocosta (217349)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) L. stagnalis (51766)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) L. palustris (35231) L. peregra (35239 35243) L. sp. (35240)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Egypt L. caillaudi (22507)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Papua New Guinea (Morobe) L. sp. (239811)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) Limnaea peregra, Limnaea palustris (84765)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Spain (Granada) L. peregra (35222 35227)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Granada) L. palustris (35169)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) L. stagnalis, L. auricularia, L. ovata, Limnaea palustris (50274)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Lymnea natalensis (22470)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) L. stagnalis (36015)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) L. parva, L. humulus, L. caperota, L. sp. (37788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) L. dalli, L. caperata, L. obrussa, L. modicella (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) L. stagnalis (63150)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) L. catascopium (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) L. peregra (163070 163076) L. peregra, L. palustris (163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) L. sp. (101394)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa L. natalensis (22067)