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Sphincterochilidae
Taxonomy
Sphincterochilidae was named by Zilch (1960). It is extant. Its type is Sphincterochila.
It was assigned to Helicoidea by Salvador et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Helicoidea by Salvador et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Sphincterochila (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1960 | Sphincterochilidae Zilch |
| 2018 | Sphincterochilidae Salvador et al. p. 298 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Gelasian | Algeria | Sphincterochila sp. (231186) | |
| Calabrian | Spain (Murcia) | Sphincterochila candidissima (34128) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Tunisia (Kef) | Sphincterochila baetica (196971) |