Lymnaea Lamarck 1799 (snail)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae

Alternative spellings: Limnea, Limneus, Lymnea

Parent taxon: Lymnaeidae according to M. Harzhauser and T. A. Neubauer 2018

See also Binder 2004, Harzhauser and Binder 2004, Lozouet et al. 2001, Oostingh 1935, Salvador and Rasser 2014, Sandberger 1875 and Shoshani et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Bulimnea, Galba, Lancinae, Lymnaeinae, Pseudosuccinea, Radix, Stagnicola, Valencienniinae

Subtaxa: Lymnaea alamosensis Lymnaea contracosta Lymnaea dilatata Lymnaea longiscata Lymnaea natalensis Lymnaea palustris Lymnaea peregra Lymnaea strigosa

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Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection), Germany (2), Spain (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (5: Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Egypt (1), Italy (1), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (1)

• Pliocene of Indonesia (1), Spain (2), United States (4: California)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Croatia (6), France (3), Germany (32), Hungary (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of Belgium (4)

• Eocene of France (4), Namibia (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (5: Nevada, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous of India (1), Romania (1)

• Jurassic of United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 97 collections including 118 occurrences

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