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Ampullarioidea

Gastropoda

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Ampullarioidea Gray
1988Ampullarioidea Ponder and Warén p. 292
1998Ampullarioidea Beesley p. 706
2005Ampullarioidea Bouchet et al. p. 247
2017Ampullarioidea Bouchet et al. p. 340
2019Ampullarioidea Novas et al. p. 269

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Architaenioglossa(Haller 1890)
superfamilyAmpullarioideaGray 1824
superfamilyAmpullarioideaGray 1824

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. †Ampullarioidea Gray 1824
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Fm. Ampullariidae Gray 1824 [apple snail]
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G. Asolene d'Orbigny 1838
G. †Coronatica Blanckenhorn 1927
G. Lanistes Montfort 1810
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Subg. Lanistes (Lanistes) Montfort 1810
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Lanistes oliveri Montfort 1810
G. †Mesolanistes Yen 1945
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G. †Pictavia Cossmann 1925
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†Pictavia pictaviensis d'Orbigny 1850
†Pictavia santana Squires and Saul 2004
G. Pila Röding 1798
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Pila conica Gray 1840
Pila ovata Olivier 1804
G. Pomacea Perry 1811
Invalid names: Afropominae Berthold 1991 [empty], Ampullariinae Gray 1824 [empty], Pilidae Preston 1915 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Naricopsinidae Grundel 2001 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-19 10:01:08
Modified: 2009-09-19 12:01:08
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, 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 (118 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Gmunden) Pictavia sp. (234040)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian171.6 - 164.7France (Occitanie) Pictavia sp. (58416)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Tanzania Pictavia tanganyicensis (36336)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France Pictavia lorierei (38738)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany Pictavia calypso (58220) Pictavia punctura (58218 58257)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany Pictavia calypso (58394)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland Pictavia calypso (58231)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Israel Pictavia lorierei (99130 99134)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Pictavia elegans, Pictavia silicea (66972)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Pictavia sp. (211294)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Portugal Pictavia sp. (8604)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Austria Pictavia laevigata (55836)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Germany Pictavia lubricata (67184)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Pictavia rotundata (6280 51673)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Coronatica ornata (150876)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Pictavia pungens (66734)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Coronatica ornata (140581)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Colorado) Mesolanistes reesidei (162249)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Sonora) Mesolanistes reesidei (91377)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Pomacea sp. (206969)
Danian66.0 - 61.6China (Heilongjiang) Mesolanistes nanxiongensis (232154)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Pseudoceratodes kohaticus (183841 183842 183843)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt Lanistes sodaensis (2963)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Oman Lanistes tricarinatus, Lanistes thaytinitiensis, Pila sp. (171343)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru Ampullariidae indet. (199563)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Lanistes tricarinatus (192922) Lanistes tricarinatus, Pila indet. (192926) Lanistes tricarinatus, Pila sp. (192923) Pila indet. (192928 192929) Pila sp. (179726)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Lanistes asellus, Lanistes senuti (22391) Lanistes gautieri (22389) Lanistes hadotoi (22388 22398 22428 22438) Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes asellus (22245 22458) Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes asellus, Lanistes trochiformis (22397) Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes bishopi (22419 22430 22432 22437) Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes nkondoensis (22394 22403) Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes nkondoensis, Lanistes trochiformis (22409) Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes senuti (22406 22422 22433) Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes senuti, Lanistes trochiformis (22344) Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes senuti, Lanistes trochiformis, Lanistes bishopi (22401) Lanistes hadotoi, Lanistes trochiformis, Lanistes asellus, Lanistes gigas (22431) Lanistes nkondoensis (22217 22343 22395 22415 22416 22429 22440) Lanistes nkondoensis, Lanistes gautieri (22402) Lanistes olukaensis (22453) Lanistes senuti (22418) Lanistes senuti, Lanistes trochiformis, Lanistes hadotoi (22407) Lanistes trochiformis, Lanistes hadotoi (22421)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Lanistes carinatus, Pila ovata (38060)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Pakistan (Baluchistan) Pila sp. (180629)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya Ampullaria ovata (22071 22077)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Peru Ampullariidae indet. (142887)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Brazil Ampullariidae sp. (141849)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Kenya Lanistes carinatus (22236)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil Ampullariidae indet. (141844) Ampullariidae sp. (141848)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Lanistes asellus, Lanistes senuti (22424) Lanistes hadotoi (22456)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania Lanistes ovum (22042 22058 22063)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Lanistes ovum (22047 22048 22052)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Lanistes indet. (22271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Congo-Kinshasa Pila mutungi (22198)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi (Northern) Lanistes ellipticus (226065)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda Lanistes hadotoi (22265)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Pila conica (84534 84536)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania Lanistes ovum (22481)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda Pila mutungi (22200 22204)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pomacea paludosa (227384 227388 227389 227390 227392 227396)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Sudan Pila indet. (21872)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Thailand Ampullariidae indet., Pila sp. (176213) Pila sp. (176214)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Lanistes olivaceus (101544)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Pila ovata (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pomacea paludosa (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Lanistes carinatus (60531)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Lanistes carinatus, Pila wernei (208786 208787) Pila indet. (21871 21902 21903 21904 21958)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Pila ovata (22067)