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Planorbella
| Description | Planorbella is a genus of freshwater air-breathing snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral, or left-coiling, shells. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planorbella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Planorbidae : Planorbella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Basommatophora : Planorbidae : Planorbella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Planorbella Haldeman, 1843 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Haldeman S.S. (1841-1845). A monograph of the freshwater univalve mollusca of the United States: including notices of species in other parts of North America. Philadelphia. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | freshwater (based on Planorbidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Shoshani, D. C. Fisher, and J. M. Zawiskie, S. J. Thurlow, S. L. Shoshani, W. S. Benninghoff, F. H. Zoch. 1989. The Shelton Mastodon Site: Multidisciplinary study of a late Pleistocene (Twocreekan) locality in Southeastern Michigan. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(14):393-436 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planorbella |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Planorbella ammon species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella anceps species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella binneyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella caloderma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella campanulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella clewistonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella columbiense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella columbiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella conanti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella contrerasi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella corpulenta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella costaricense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella disstoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella duryi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella foveale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella magnifica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella multivolvis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella occidentalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella ophis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella oregonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella pilsbryi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella pseudotrivolvis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella scalaris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella smithii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella subcrenata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella tenue species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella traski species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella trivolvis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella truncata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella wilsoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Planorbella wyldi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1989 | Planorbella Shoshani et al. p. 435 |
| 2010 | Planorbella Kittle and Portell p. 30 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
