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Trimusculidae (button snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Trimusculidae

Taxonomy
Trimusculidae was named by Burch (1945). It is extant. Its type is Trimusculus.

It was assigned to Siphonariacea by Abbott (1974); to Trimusculoidea by Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Ellobioidea by Bouchet et al. (2017).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Trimusculidae Burch
1974Trimusculidae Abbott p. 334
2005Trimusculidae Bouchet et al. p. 264
2017Trimusculidae Bouchet et al. p. 360

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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
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
orderEllobiida(Van Mol 1967)
superfamilyEllobioideaPfeiffer 1854
familyTrimusculidaeBurch 1945
familyTrimusculidaeBurch 1945

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. Trimusculidae Burch 1945 [button snail]
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G. Trimusculus Schmidt 1818
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Gadinia reticulata sookensis Clark and Arnold 1923
Invalid names: Gadinia Gray 1824 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-10-08 14:49:00
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:49:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Canada (British Columbia) Gadinia reticulata (63087 206861)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Trimusculus sp. (80136)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Trimusculus reticulatus (202495 202496 223033)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Trimusculus reticulatus (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Trimusculus reticulata (96590 96593 96594)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Gadinia costata (122945)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Trimusculus reticulatus (37933 37937 37938 37939 37943 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Angola Trimusculus mammillaris (152644)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Gadinia peruviana (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Trimusculus reticulata (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Gadinia reticulata (52347 67641 67643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Gadinia reticulata (222660) Trimusculus reticulatus (160361)