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Galba

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Galba Schrank
1998Galba International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature p. 123
2004Galba Binder p. 192
2021Galba Yu et al. p. 1328

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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
genusGalbaSchrank 1803

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. Galba Schrank 1803
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Subg. †Galba (Galba) Schrank 1803
Galba dupuyiana Noulet 1845
Galba halavatsi Wenz 1923
Galba lufengensis Pan 1977
Galba prima Yu et al. 2021
Galba truncatula Müller 1774
Galba yunnanensis Pan 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height42.571.026.453.723.12

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 Bajocian to the top of the Holocene or 170.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.3 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3China (Yunnan) G. lufengensis, G. yunnanensis (165476)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1China (Yunnan) G. yunnanensis (165466)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar G. prima (161726)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon) G. aquensis (182519)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) G. spp. (39249 40030)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria G. sp. (231081)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria (Styria) G. sp. (74539)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) G. dupuyiana (199608)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) G. dupuyiana (34615)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina G. sp. (231258)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Lymnaea armaniacensis (175727)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany G. dupuyiana (231109 231110 231111 231112 231113 231116 231128)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) G. dupuyiana (48325)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey (Yalova) G. halavatsi (184470)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Central Anatolia) G. gaudryi (37154 37186)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria G. halavatsi (231088)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Turkey G. sp. (234457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy (Molise) Lymnaea truncatula (44093)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie Region) G. truncatula (36391)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Lymnaea truncatula (163070 163075 163076)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France G. truncatula (56806)