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Lymnaeidae

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Lymnaeidae Rafinesque
1989Lymnaeidae Shoshani et al. p. 435
2005Lymnaeidae Bouchet et al. p. 263
2018Lymnaeidae Harzhauser and Neubauer p. 82
2021Lymnaeidae 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
familyLymnaeidae

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. Lymnaeidae Rafinesque 1815
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G. †Bulimnea Haldeman 1841
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†Bulimnea webbi Firby 1966
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
G. Lymnaea Lamarck 1799
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†Lymnaea alamosensis Arnold 1908
†Lymnaea contracosta Cooper 1894
†Lymnaea dilatata Noulet 1854
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Invalid names: Radix dilatata Neubauer 2014 [synonym]
†Lymnaea longiscata Brongniart 1810
Lymnaea natalensis Krauss 1848
Lymnaea palustris Müller 1774
Lymnaea peregra Müller 1774
†Lymnaea strigosa Brongniart 1810
Subfm. Lymnaeinae Rafinesque 1815
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G. Fossaria Westerlund 1885
Invalid names: Acellinae Hannibal 1912 [synonym], Amphipepleinae Pini 1877 [synonym], Fossariinae Dybowski 1913 [synonym], Limnophysinae Dybowski 1903 [synonym]
G. Pseudosuccinea Say 1817
G. Radix Montfort 1810
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†Radix cucuronensis Fontannes 1878
†Radix enzenbachensis Neubauer and Harzhauser 2014
†Radix korlevici Brusina 1884
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Invalid names: Lymnaea hyaloleuca Brusina 1902 [synonym]
†Radix socialis Zieten 1830
†Radix subbullata Sandberger 1875
G. Stagnicola Jeffreys 1830
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†Stagnicola armaniacensis Noulet 1852
†Stagnicola bouilleti Michaud 1855
†Stagnicola palustriformis Gottschick 1911
†Stagnicola praebouilleti Schlickum 1970
†Stagnicola reinholdkunzi Harzhauser et al. 2012
Subfm. †Valencienniinae Kramberger-Gorjanovic 1923
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Invalid names: Clivunellinae Kochandky-Devide and Sliskovic 1972 [synonym]
Invalid names: Lancinae Hannibal 1914 [empty]
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 10:17:53
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 (172 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3China (Yunnan) Galba lufengensis, Galba yunnanensis (165476)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1China (Yunnan) Galba yunnanensis (165466)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Morocco (Figuig) Lymnaeidae indet. (176120)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Lymnaea ativuncula, Lymnaea morrisonensis (231576)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Galba prima (161726)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) Lymnaeidae indet. (69800)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Lymnaea subulata (226125)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Lymnaea maastrichta, Lymnaea dilatata (67818)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Yunnan) Radix subbullata (165460)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Galba aquensis (182519)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Lymnaea similis, Lymnaea vetus (197777)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Lymnaea sp. (38980)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Lymnaea similis (191228) Lymnaea similis, Lymnaea sp. (191227) Lymnaea similis, Lymnaea vetusta, Lymnaea sp. (191226) Stagnicola sp. (16296)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Lymnaea sp. (149173)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Lymnaea palustris (184107)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Pseudosuccinea columella (205533)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Nevada) Lymnaea sp. (135745)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Lymnaea sp. (180197)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Lymnaea palustris (184162)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Limnea longiscata (31736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie Region) Lymnaea sp. (12847)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Galba spp. (39249 40030) Limnea fusiformis, Limnea arenaria (39838) Limnea sp. (39840 39841)
MP 2433.9 - 28.4France (Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Radix fabula (37518 37567)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium Lymnaea fabulum (111366 111368) Lymnaea fabulum, Lymnaea longiscatus (111371) Lymnaea longiscatus (111373)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Rheinland Pfalz) Radix sp. (37964 37968)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Limnaea subbullata (182805)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Lymnaea subfragilis (74861)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany Stagnicola armaniacensis, Lymnaea dilatata (182615 182669)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Greece (Lesvos) Lymnaeidae indet., Radix sp. (186558)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Lymnaea sp. (136269)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Lymnaea dilatata (182598 182881) Stagnicola armaniacensis (182597 182599 182601 182604 182605 182616 182877) Stagnicola armaniacensis, Lymnaea dilatata (182600 182670 182875) Stagnicola armaniacensis, Stagnicola praebouilleti, Lymnaea dilatata (182594 182602)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Lymnaea dilatata (106002)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria Galba sp., Lymnaea dilatata (231081)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria (Styria) Galba sp. (74539)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Lymnaea dilatata, Galba dupuyiana (199608)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Lymnaea dilatata, Galba dupuyiana (34615)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Stagnicola reinholdkunzi (126917)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina Galba sp. (231258) Radix korlevici (231248 231249 231250 231251 231252 231253 231254 231256 231257 231260 231261 231262 231263)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany Lymnaea dilatata (231120 231123) Lymnaea dilatata, Radix socialis (231119)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Radix sp. (45598 45604 45613)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Croatia Lymnaea sp. (231205 231206 231218 231221 231226 231227)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Limnea armaniacensis (31316)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Galba dupuyiana, Radix sp. (48325) Lymnaea dilatata (172947 172950 172951 172952)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Galba dupuyiana (231109 231128) Lymnaea dilatata (231115 231127) Lymnaea dilatata, Galba dupuyiana (231110 231111 231113 231116) Lymnaea dilatata, Galba dupuyiana, Radix socialis (231112)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Lymnaea dilatata, Tudorella conica, Lymnaea armaniacensis (175727)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) Lymnaea dilatata (205187)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Lymnaea stagnalis (32191)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Switzerland (Aargau) Stagnicola sp. (201975 201976)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Poland Lymnaea sp., Stagnicola palustriformis (231087)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany Lymnaea dilatata (231126 231129)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) Lymnaea turrita, Stagnicola palustris, Radix socialis (167497 167509)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Stagnicola bouilleti (77428)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey (Yalova) Stagnicola sp., Galba halavatsi (184470)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Central Anatolia) Galba gaudryi (37186) Galba gaudryi, Radix socialis (37154)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Croatia Radix croatica, Radix extensa (68221)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria Stagnicola bouilleti, Radix cucuronensis, Galba halavatsi (231088)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Lymnaea filocosta, Lymnaea sp. (19447)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Niederoesterreich) Stagnicola bouilleti (32649)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Lymnaea palustris (174455)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Turkey Galba sp. (234457)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Lymnaea javanica (84539)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Lymnaea petaluma (217347 217348 217350) Lymnaea petaluma, Lymnaea filocosta (217349)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Lymnaea palustris (35231) Lymnaea peregra (35239 35243) Lymnaea sp. (35240)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Lymnaea stagnalis (51766)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Egypt Lymnaea caillaudi (22507)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Oregon) Lymnaeidae indet. (225472)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Limnaea peregra, Limnaea palustris (84765)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Granada) Lymnaea peregra (35222 35227)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Granada) Lymnaea palustris (35169)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Lymnaea stagnalis, Lymnaea auricularia, Lymnaea ovata, Limnaea palustris (50274)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Radix sp. (40800) Stagnicola sp. (40803)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy (Molise) Lymnaea truncatula (44093)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Fossaria cubensis, Fossaria modicella (227396 227400) Pseudosuccinea columella (227398)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Lymnea natalensis (22470)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Stagnicola caperata (20352)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Arizona) Fossaria sp. (190076)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Lymnaea stagnalis (36015)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie Region) Galba truncatula (36391)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) Stagnicola elodes, Fossaria sp., Fossaria decampi (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Lymnaea sp. (101394)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Stagnicola palustris, Fossaria sp. (93556)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Fossaria cubensis, Pseudosuccinea columella (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Fossaria galbana, Fossaria parva (174229) Stagnicola elodes, Fossaria galbana, Fossaria parva (174230)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Stagnicola lanceata, Fossaria sp. (93208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Lymnaea peregra, Lymnaea truncatula (163070 163076) Lymnaea peregra, Lymnaea truncatula, Lymnaea palustris (163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Lymnaea parva, Lymnaea humulus, Lymnaea caperota, Lymnaea sp. (37788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Lymnaea catascopium (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Stagnicola bulimoides, Stagnicola exilis, Stagnicola reflexa, Fossaria dalli, Fossaria obrussa (93554)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Radix sp. (64129)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Lymnaea stagnalis, Stagnicola elodes (63150)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Lymnaea dalli, Lymnaea caperata, Lymnaea obrussa, Lymnaea modicella (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Fossaria modicella (20273)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Pseudosuccinea columella (227372)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Galba truncatula, Radix ovata (56806)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Lymnaea natalensis (22067)