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Maizaniidae

Gastropoda - Maizaniidae

Taxonomy
Maizaniidae was named by Tielecke (1940). It is extant. Its type is Maizania.

It was assigned to Cyclophoroidea by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Subtaxa
Maizania (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Maizaniidae Tielecke
2005Maizaniidae Bouchet et al. p. 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Architaenioglossa(Haller 1890)
superfamilyCyclophoroideaGray 1847
familyMaizaniidaeTielecke 1940
familyMaizaniidaeTielecke 1940

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. Maizaniidae Tielecke 1940
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G. Maizania Bourguignat 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:12:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:12:58
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Kenya Maizania sp. (27855)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda Maizania sp. (28441 192070)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya Maizania indet. (22081)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Maizania elatior (22074)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Maizania elatior (22073)