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Ellobioidea

Gastropoda - Heterostropha

Taxonomy
Ellobioidea was named by Pfeiffer (1854). It is extant.

It was assigned to Eupulmonata by Todd (2001) and Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Ellobiida by Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Melampoidea Stimpson
1854Ellobioidea Pfeiffer
2001Ellobioidea Todd
2003Melampoidea Jeffery
2005Ellobioidea Bouchet et al. p. 264
2017Ellobioidea Bouchet et al. p. 360

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

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. Ellobioidea Pfeiffer 1854
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Fm. Carychiidae Jeffreys 1830
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G. †Carychiella Strauch 1977
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†Carychiella eumicrum Bourguignat 1857
G. †Carychiopsis Sandberger 1872
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†Carychiopsis surai Stworzewicz 1999
G. Carychium Müller 1773
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Subg. Carychium (Carychium) Müller 1773
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†Carychium (Carychium) galli Salvador 2015
Subg. Carychium (Saraphia) Risso 1826
†Carychium berthae Halavats 1903
†Carychium galli Salvador 2015
†Carychium galli Salvador 2015
†Carychium geisserti Schlickum and Strauch 1978
†Carychium gibbum Sandberger 1875
†Carychium laeve Boettger 1884
†Carychium minimum Muller 1774
†Carychium minimum elongatum Villa and Villa 1841
†Carychium minutissimum Braun 1851
†Carychium nouleti Bourguignat 1857
†Carychium puisseguri Truc 1972
†Carychium sandbergeri Handmann 1887
†Carychium stworzewiczae Harzhauser and Neubauer 2018
Fm. Ellobiidae Pfeiffer 1854
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G. Cassidula Férussac 1821
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Cassidula nucleus Gmelin 1791
G. Ellobium Roeding 1798
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†Ellobium pyramidale Sowerby 1822
G. Melampus Montfort 1810
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Subg. Melampus (Melampus) Montfort 1810
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Invalid names: Auricula acromelas Troschel 1852 [synonym], Auricula ambigua Lesson 1842 [synonym], Auricula maura Küster 1844 [synonym], Auricula piriformis Petit 1843 [synonym], Auricula trilineata Adams 1852 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Melampus lineatus Say 1822 [synonym]
†Melampus castaneus Muehlfeldt 1818
Melampus coffea Linnaeus 1758
†Melampus fusiformis Wood 1872
Melampus monile Bruguière 1789
Melampus olivaceus Carpenter 1857
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†Ophicardelus sulcatus Adams and A. 1855
G. Ovatella Bivona-Bernardi 1832
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Subg. Ovatella (Mysotella) Monterosato 1906
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Subfm. Pedipedinae Fischer and Crosse 1880
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G. †Microtralia Dall 1894
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†Microtralia alba Gassies 1865
†Microtralia lucida Pease 1869
G. †Pedipes Férussac 1820
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Pedipes unisulcatus Cooper 1867
G. †Proplecotrema Degrange-Touzin 1892
G. Tralia Gray 1840
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Subg. Tralia (Tralia) Gray 1840
†Tralia vetula Woodring 1928
Subfm. †Zaptychiinae Wenz 1938
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G. †Zaptychius Walcott 1884
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†Zaptychius carbonaria Walcott 1883
Invalid names: Ellobiinae Pfeiffer 1854 [empty], Melampinae Stimpson 1851 [empty], Pythiinae Odhner 1925 [empty]
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]
Invalid names: Melampoidea Stimpson 1851 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Grazer on fine-grained and rock, rubble or coral substrates according to Todd (2001).superf
Created: 2009-09-10 08:41:12
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:41:12
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6China (Heilongjiang) Zaptychius sp. (232163)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Melampus olivaeformis, Ellobium grande, Carychium munieri, Ovatella elongata, Ovatella fusiformis, Laemodonta ovalis, Laemodonta conica (22931)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Canada (British Columbia) Gadinia reticulata (63087 206861)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Ellobium pellucens (42607)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Ellobium sp., Proplecotrema marginalis (74861)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Carychium galli (182602)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Ellobium pellucens (49493)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria (Styria) Carychium nouleti (74539)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria Carychium nouleti (231081)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina Carychium sp. (231252 231254)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Carychium eumicron, Carychium galli (34615)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Carychium galli (231109 231110)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Poland Carychium schwageri, Carychium eumicron (31040)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Poland Carychium minimum, Carychium laeve (231086) Carychium nouleti, Carychiopsis surai, Carychiella eumicrum, Carychium stworzewiczae (231087)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovakia Carychium minimum (73365)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Carychium pachychilus (77428)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Central Anatolia) Carychium nouleti (37154)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria Carychium sandbergeri (231089) Carychium sandbergeri, Carychium berthae (231088)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Austria Carychium sandbergeri, Carychium berthae (231090)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Carychium bertae (37789)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Niederoesterreich) Carychium sandbergeri, Carychium berthae (231092) Carychium sandbergeri, Carychium geisserti, Carychium berthae (32649)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Carychium nouleti (32189)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) Carychium minimum (40758)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Carychium rufolabiatum, Carychiella puisseguri (172910)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Carychium rufolabiatum, Carychiella puisseguri (172926)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Trimusculus sp. (80136)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador Pedipes angulatus (96596)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Carychium minimum (35242)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Granada) Carychium tridentatum (35178)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Tralia sp., Tralia venezuelana (131210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Tralia vetula (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Melampus pyramidalis (84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Ellobium pyramidale (179079)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Melampus fusiformis (84757)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Ovatella myosotis (78312)
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 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) Carychium minimum (40985)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Trimusculus reticulata (96590 96593 96594)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Gadinia costata (122945)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Melampus lineatus (66611 66617 66620 66621)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Trimusculus reticulatus (37933 37937 37938 37939 37943 37947 37948)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Carychium exiguum (20352)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland Melampus pyramidalis (178118)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Melampus pyramidalis (127581)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Melampus olivaceus (222663 222664 222932)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Carychium tridentatum (50056 50194)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Abruzzo) Carychium tridentatum (68337)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Angola Trimusculus mammillaris (152644)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) Carychium exiguum (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Ovatella myosotis (122244)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Trimusculus reticulata (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Microtralia alba, Microtralia lucida, Melampus castaneus (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Melampus lineatus (66706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Pedipes liratus (89573 194429)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Melampus mousleyi (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Carychium exiguum (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Melampus bidentatus, Carychium mexicanum, Melampus coffea, Melampus monile (96538) Melampus coffeus, Melampus monilis (79739)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) Pedipes pedipes (128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Melampus lineatus (66756)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Cassidula sulculosa (96791)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Pedipes angulatus, Gadinia peruviana (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Gadinia reticulata, Melampus olivaceus (222660) Melampus olivaceous (59063 96895) Melampus olivaceus (96930 96936 96937 96938 219030 222659 222661 222662 222953) Melampus olivaceus, Trimusculus reticulatus (160361) Pedipes liratus, Melampus olivaceus, Pedipes unisulcatus (96589)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Gadinia reticulata (52347 67641 67643)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Melampus bidentatus (41935 92776)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Melampus sp. 1 (97642) Melampus sp. 2 (97645)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Carychium tridentatum, Carychium minimum (56806)