Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Parent taxon: Planorbidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Anisus, Armiger, Australorbis, Bathyomphalus, Burnupia, Ceratophallus, Gyraulus, Hippeutis, Micromenetus, Neoplanorbinae, Orygoceras, Planorbella, Planorbina, Planorbinae, Promenetus, Pseudancylus, Rhodacmeinae, Segmentina, Tropicorbis, Vorticifex, Pettancylus, Laevapex, Umbrellancylus, Ancylus, Hebetoncylus
Subtaxa: Bulinini Coretini Menetus Miratestini Plesiophysini
Type: Bulinus
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Alberta collection), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Egypt (5), Mauritius (1), Mexico (1), Poland (1), Sudan (1), Tanzania (2), United States (21: California, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, Texas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (7), Egypt (1), South Africa (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of France (1), Indonesia (2), Malawi (1), Romania (1), Turkey (1), United States (1: Oregon), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Austria (8), Bosnia and Herzegovina (8), Croatia (1), France (3), Germany (40), Greece (2), Hungary (3), Italy (4), Lebanon (1), Peru (2), Poland (1), Switzerland (2), Turkey (2)
• Oligocene of Belgium (2), Peru (2), Switzerland (1)
• Eocene of United States (3: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of China (2)
• Triassic of South Africa (1)
Total: 140 collections including 168 occurrences