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Bulimulidae

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Bulimulidae

Taxonomy
Bulimulidae was named by Tryon (1867). It is extant. Its type is Bulimulus.

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Auffenberg et al. (2015); and to Orthalicoidea by Bouchet et al. (2017) and Cabrera et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Bulimulidae Tryon
2015Bulimulidae Auffenberg et al. p. 55
2017Bulimulidae Bouchet et al. p. 363
2021Bulimulidae Cabrera et al. p. 5

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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
infraorderOrthalicoidei
superfamilyOrthalicoideaAlbers 1860
familyBulimulidaeTryon 1867
familyBulimulidaeTryon 1867

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. Bulimulidae Tryon 1867
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Subfm. Bulimulinae Tryon 1867
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G. Bulimulus Leach 1814
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†Bulimulus frenguellii Cabrera et al. 2021
†Bulimulus klappenbachi Parodiz 1969
G. †Oreoconus McKenna et al. 1962
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†Oreoconus planispira McKenna et al. 1962
G. †Tocobaga Auffenberg et al. 2015
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Tocobaga americanus Heilprin 1886
†Tocobaga floridanus Conrad 1846
†Tocobaga wakullae Mansfield 1937
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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 70.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (California) Bulimulus sp. (44268)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Uruguay Bulimulus klappenbachi (231033 231034 231035) Bulimulus klappenbachi, Bulimulus frenguellii (231032)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Bulimulidae indet. (206969)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Oreoconus planispira (16423) Oreoconus sp. (16244 16296 191230)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Bulimulus americanus (61051 61096 61102 61104) Bulimulus floridanus, Bulimulus heilprinianus, Bulimulus tampae, Bulimulus stearnsii, Bulimulus ballistae, Bulimulus tortillus, Bulimulus remolinus, Bulimulus americanus (60985)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Bulimulus dealbatus (93103)