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Biomphalaria

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae

Taxonomy
Biomphalaria was named by Preston (1910). It is extant.

It was assigned to Planorbidae by Kittle and Portell (2010); and to Planorbinae by Cabrera et al. (2016) and Cabrera and Martínez (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Biomphalaria Preston
2010Biomphalaria Kittle and Portell p. 30
2016Biomphalaria Cabrera et al. p. 10
2018Biomphalaria Cabrera and Martínez p. 272

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderHygrophila(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyPlanorboideaRafinesque 1815
familyPlanorbidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPlanorbinaeRafinesque 1815
genusBiomphalariaPreston 1910

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. Biomphalaria Preston 1910
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†Biomphalaria manya Cabrera and Martínez 2018
†Biomphalaria reversa Cabrera et al. 2016
Biomphalaria sudanica Martens 1870
†Biomphalaria walteri Parodiz 1969
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 10:25:20
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:25:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Uruguay B. manya, B. reversa, B. walteri (231034 231035) B. reversa, B. walteri (231032 231033 231036)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) B. pseudoammonius (31717)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Argentina (La Pampa) B. sp. (45410 45411 45414 45417)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) B. sp. (16296)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) B. spectabilis (199930)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) B. havanensis (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa B. choanomphala (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile (O'Higgins) B. taguataguensis (71280)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa B. choanomphala, B. sudanica (22067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya (Nak-Elment.Basin) Biomphalaria indet. (22500)