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Polygyridae

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Polygyridae

Taxonomy
Polygyridae was named by Pilsbry (1895). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pulmonata by Roth and Emberton (1994); to Gastropoda by Kittle and Portell (2010); and to Helicoidea by Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Polygyridae Pilsbry
1994Polygyridae Roth and Emberton
2010Polygyridae Kittle and Portell p. 30
2017Polygyridae Bouchet et al. p. 366

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
RankNameAuthor
TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
suborderGeophila(Férussac 1819)
orderStylommatophora(Schmidt 1856)
suborderHelicina
infraorderHelicoidei
superfamilyHelicoideaRafinesque 1815
familyPolygyridaePilsbry 1895
familyPolygyridaePilsbry 1895

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.

Fm. Polygyridae Pilsbry 1895
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G. Daedalochila Beck 1837
G. †Euchemotrema Archer 1939
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Euchemotrema occidaneum Roth and Emberton 1994
G. Patera Albers 1850
G. Polygyra Say 1818
G. Triodopsis Rafinesque 1819
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Holocene or 112.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) Patera sp. (149928)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Patera romeri (205510)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Polygyra sp. (15793)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Euchemotrema occidaneum, Triodopsis sp. (200342) Patera sp. (200343)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Polygyra adamnis (60985)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Daedalochila subclausa (227375 227398) Daedalochila subclausa, Polygyra septemvolva (227389 227390 227391) Daedalochila subclausa, Polygyra septemvolva, Triodopsis hopetonensis (227395 227396) Daedalochila subclausa, Triodopsis hopetonensis (227385 227392 227397) Polygyra septemvolva (227388 227399) Polygyra septemvolva, Triodopsis hopetonensis (227387) Triodopsis hopetonensis (227400)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (Florida) Polygyra cereolus (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Polygyra texasiana (93527)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Triodopsis albolabris, Triodopsis tridentata (82258) Triodopsis burchi, Triodopsis vulgata, Triodopsis juxtidens (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Daedalochila uvulifera, Polygyra cereolus, Polygyra septemvolva (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Polygyra texasiana (93103)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Daedalochila subclausa (227374) Daedalochila subclausa, Triodopsis hopetonensis (227372)