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Viviparoidea

Gastropoda

Taxonomy
Viviparoidea was named by Gray (1847). It is extant.

It was assigned to Architaenioglossa by Kiessling (2003); and to Architaenioglossa by Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Viviparoidea Gray
2003Viviparoidea Kiessling
2017Viviparoidea Bouchet et al. p. 340

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Architaenioglossa(Haller 1890)
superfamilyViviparoideaGray 1847
superfamilyViviparoideaGray 1847

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. Viviparoidea Gray 1847
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Fm. †Pliopholygidae Taylor 1968
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G. †Pliopholyx Yen 1944
Fm. Viviparidae Gray 1847
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Subfm. Bellamyinae Rohrbach 1937
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G. Amuropaludina Moskvicheva 1979
G. Bellamya Jousseaume 1886
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Bellamya unicolor Olivier 1804
G. †Paracampeloma Hsü 1935
Invalid names: Amuropaludininae Starobogatov et al. 2004 [synonym]
Subfm. Lioplacinae Gill 1863
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G. Campeloma Rafinesque 1819
G. Lioplax Troschel 1857
Invalid names: Campelomatinae Thiele 1929 [synonym]
G. †Lioplacodes Meek and Hayden 1864
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†Lioplacodes yunnanensis Yu and Xi 1977
G. †Tulotomoides Wenz 1939
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Subfm. Viviparinae Gray 1847
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G. †Kosovia Pavlovic 1931
G. Paludina Férussac 1812
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†Paludina acicularis Hislop 1859
†Paludina normalis Hislop 1859
†Paludina ornata Phillips 1871
†Paludina pura Eichwald 1864
†Paludina pyramis Hislop 1859
†Paludina rawesi Hislop 1859
†Paludina sankeyi Hislop 1859
†Paludina soluta Hislop 1859
†Paludina subangulata Phillips 1871
†Paludina subcylindracea Hislop 1859
†Paludina takliensis Hislop 1859
†Paludina virapai Hislop 1859
†Paludina wapsharei Hislop 1859
G. Viviparus Montfort 1810
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†Viviparus aulacophorus Brusina 1874
†Viviparus aurelianus Cossmann 1899
†Viviparus conradi Meek and Hayden 1857
†Viviparus dezmanianus Brusina 1874
†Viviparus hoernesi Neumayr 1869
Viviparus javanicus von dem Busch in Philippi 1844
†Viviparus kochanskyae Mandic et al. 2015
†Viviparus loxostomus Sandberger 1875
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Invalid names: Vivipara semseyi Halavats 1903 [synonym]
†Viviparus marylandicus Clark 1911
†Viviparus suevicus Wenz 1919
Invalid names: Vivipara Dupuy 1851 [synonym]
Invalid names: Kosoviinae Atanackoviv 1959 [invalid subgroup], Paludininae Fitzinger 1833 [invalid subgroup]
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 Rhaetian to the top of the Holocene or 208.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.3 Ma

Collections (271 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Paludinidae indet. (22684)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3China (Yunnan) Tulotomoides antiqua (165476)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1China (Yunnan) Lioplacodes orientalis (165463) Lioplacodes yunnanensis (165481) Tulotomoides antiqua, Lioplacodes orientalis (165466) Viviparus jingguensis (165456 165465)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (Scotland) Viviparus scoticus (40565 40699 40710 40715 40717)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Italy Viviparus scoticus (160187)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Viviparus scoticus (31054)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Viviparus sp. (36547)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Viviparus sp. (8427)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Uruguay (Tacuarembó) Viviparidae indet. (102298)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Viviparus morrisonensis (231577)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Viviparus reesidei (11611 39419 192453 192456)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Paludina elongata, Paludina sussexiensis, Paludina subangulata, Paludina ornata (100655)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Utah) Viviparus sp. (46439)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Poitou-Charentes) Viviparidae indet., Viviparus inflatus (164377)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Viviparus sp. (90047)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Sweden (Skåne) Viviparus sp. (118043)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Sweden (Scania) Viviparus sp. (144784 144786)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Japan (Fukuoka) Viviparus onogoensis (145244 145245)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Japan (Fukui) Viviparus onogoensis (207793)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Spain (Castilla y Leon) Paludina sp. (64406)