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Bithynia

Gastropoda - Bithyniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Bithynia Leach
1862Bithinia Deshayes
1911Bythinia Lull p. 211
1977Bithynia Pan p. 129
1986Bithynia Makowska p. 14
1989Bithynia Vaught et al. p. 22
1995Bithynia Pacaud and Le Renard
2004Bithynia Harzhauser and Binder p. 7
2016Bithynia 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
genusBithyniaLeach 1818

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. 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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height44.863.805.905.000.896

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): 165.3 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3China (Yunnan) B. mengyinense (165456)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia (Govi-Altai) B. sp. (136203)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Yunnan) B. yunlongensis (165458 165459)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (40887 40893)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) B. adornatus (175921)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany B. glabra (182669)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Switzerland (Aargau) B. sp. (201974)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Greece (Lesvos) B. sp. (186558)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) B. sp. (136269)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany B. glabra (182594 182595 182596 182597 182598 182599 182600 182601 182602 182603 182604 182605 182616 182670 182875 182877 182878 182879 182880 182881)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina B. jurinaci (231255 231259)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) B. sp. (45612 45613)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany B. glabra (231119)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) B. sp. (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany B. sp. (231110)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) B. sp. (48471)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Switzerland (Aargau) B. sp. (201975 201976)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) B. sp. (38137 38139)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria B. sp. (175587)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye (Yalova) B. sp. (184470)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Türkiye (Central Anatolia) B. glabra (37154)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria B. jurinaci (231088 231089)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Austria B. jurinaci (231090)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) B. jurinaci (32649)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) B. sp. (32189)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Türkiye (Central Anatolia) B. glabra (37188)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain (Granada) B. sp. (35258)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Croatia B. vukotinovici (185963 185964)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) B. leachi (51772) B. leachi, B. tentaculata (51766)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Spain (Granada) B. sp. (35224 35226)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania B. sp. (40799)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Spain (Granada) B. sp. (35078)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland B. sp. (64124) B. tentaculata (63978)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation B. sp. (201990)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France B. tentaculata, B. leachi (56806)