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Pyrgulinae

Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae

Taxonomy
Pyrgulidae was named by Brusina (1881) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9981].

It was reranked as the subfamily Pyrgulinae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Truncatelloidea by Ponder and Warén (1988); to Rissooidea by Harzhauser and Kowalke (2002); and to Hydrobiidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonyms
  • Caspiidae was named by Dybowski (1913). It is extant.

    It was considered an invalid subgroup of Pyrgulinae by Kiessling (2009).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Pyrgulidae Brusina
1913Caspiidae Dybowski p. 906
1988Pyrgulidae Ponder and Warén p. 298
2002Pyrgulidae Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 73
2005Pyrgulinae Bouchet et al. p. 252

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyHydrobiidaeTroschel 1857
subfamilyPyrgulinae(Brusina 1881)
subfamilyPyrgulinae(Brusina 1881)

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.

Subfm. †Pyrgulinae Brusina 1881
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G. †Marticia Brusina 1897
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†Marticia hidalgoi Brusina 1902
†Marticia tietzei Neumayr 1880
G. †Nannopyrgula Youluo 1978
G. †Odontohydrobia Pavlovic 1928
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†Odontohydrobia groisenbachensis Harzhauser et al. 2012
†Odontohydrobia pompatica Harzhauser et al. 2012
†Odontohydrobia styriaca Harzhauser et al. 2012
G. †Prososthenia Neumayr 1869
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†Prososthenia bicarinata Olujic 1999
†Prososthenia cincta Neumayr 1869
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Invalid names: Prososthenia sutinae Olujic 1999 [synonym]
†Prososthenia diaphoros Neubauer et al. 2013
†Prososthenia eburnea Brusina 1884
†Prososthenia neutra Brusina 1897
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Invalid names: Prososthenia superstes Olujic 1999 [synonym]
†Prososthenia schwartzi Neumayr 1869
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Invalid names: Prososthenia cetinae Olujic 1999 [synonym]
†Prososthenia sepulcralis Neumayr and Paul 1875
†Prososthenia slavonica Brusina 1874
†Prososthenia undocostata Neubauer et al. 2013
G. †Pseudodianella Neubauer et al. 2013
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†Pseudodianella amplior Pavlovic 1903
†Pseudodianella brusinai Tournouer 1875
†Pseudodianella haueri Neumayr 1869
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Invalid names: Pyrgula haueri exilis Brusina 1874 [synonym], Pyrgula inermis Neumayr 1869 [synonym]
†Pseudodianella petkovici Pavlovic 1903
G. Pyrgula Cristofori and Jan 1832
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Subg. †Pyrgula (Iljinella) Roshka 1973
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Invalid names: Caspiidae Dybowski 1913 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:11:06
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:11:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Villanyian or 47.80000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Centre) Pyrgula dautzenbergi (178085)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Odontohydrobia groisenbachensis, Odontohydrobia pompatica, Odontohydrobia styriaca (126917)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Croatia Prososthenia cincta, Prososthenia neutra (231226) Prososthenia schwartzi, Prososthenia neutra (231227) Prososthenia sp. (231208 231215) Prososthenia sp., Prososthenia cincta (231212 231213) Prososthenia sp., Prososthenia schwartzi (231201 231203 231205 231206 231207 231209 231217) Prososthenia sp., Prososthenia schwartzi, Prososthenia bicarinata, Prososthenia cincta (231218) Prososthenia sp., Prososthenia schwartzi, Prososthenia cincta (231210 231211 231216 231219 231220 231221 231222 231223 231224 231225)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina Prososthenia diaphoros, Prososthenia eburnea, Pseudodianella haueri, Marticia hidalgoi (178161) Prososthenia diaphoros, Prososthenia undocostata, Pseudodianella haueri, Marticia hidalgoi (231199) Prososthenia eburnea, Pseudodianella haueri (231200) Prososthenia neutra (231249 231251 231252 231253 231254 231255 231256 231257)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Caspia graciliformis (77428)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Croatia Caspia latior (68219 68221)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria Prososthenia sepulcralis (231088)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania Pyrgula soceni (38594)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bosnia and Herzegovina Hydrobia tietzei (178160)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Prososthenia n. sp. A, Prososthenia n. sp. B (172910)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Croatia Prososthenia slavonica (185964)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Prososthenia sp. (51766)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Prososthenia sp. (35230 35231 35232 35234 35239 35241 35242 35243)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Granada) Prososthenia sp. (35197 35225)