Pila Röding 1798 (apple snail)

Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae

Parent taxon: Ampullariidae according to T. Kase 1984

See also Oostingh 1935

Sister taxa: Afropominae, Ampullariinae, Asolene, Coronatica, Lanistes, Mesolanistes, Pictavia, Pomacea, Pseudoceratodes

Subtaxa: Pila conica Pila ovata

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Sudan (8), Thailand (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Uganda (2)

• Pliocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Indonesia (2)

• Miocene of Kenya (3), Pakistan (1)

• Oligocene of Oman (5)

• Eocene of Oman (1)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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