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Potamidinae (horn snail)

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy

Potamidinae was named by Adams and Adams (1854) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10228 m. kosnik taxon no: 5399]. It is extant.

It was reranked as the family Potamididae by Sohl (1964), Givens and Kennedy (1976), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Ponder and Warén (1988), Beu et al. (1990), Marquet (1997), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Harzhauser and Kowalke (2002), Saul and Squires (2003), Harzhauser (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005), Harzhauser (2007).

It was assigned to Cerithiidae by Harris and Palmer (1947), Woodring (1959); to Mesogastropoda by Givens and Kennedy (1976); to Cerithiacea by Sohl (1964), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983), Beu et al. (1990); and to Cerithioidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Marquet (1997), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Harzhauser and Kowalke (2002), Saul and Squires (2003), Harzhauser (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005), Harzhauser (2007).

Subtaxa

Exechestoma, Hannatoma, Pirenella, Tylochilus

Synonyms

Telescopiidae was named by Alan (1950). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Potamididae by Bouchet et al. (2005).
Cerithideidae was named by Houbrick (1988) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9978].

It was synonymized subjectively with Potamididae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Cerithioidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1854	Potamidinae Adams and Adams
1947	Potamidinae Harris and Palmer p. 302
1950	Telescopiidae Alan p. 86
1959	Potamidinae Woodring p. 176
1960	Potamidinae MacNeil p. 39
1964	Potamididae Sohl p. 363
1964	Potamidinae Sohl p. 363
1976	Potamididae Givens and Kennedy p. 963
1983	Potamididae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 101
1983	Potamidinae Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 101
1988	Cerithideidae Houbrick
1988	Cerithideidae Ponder and Warén p. 294
1988	Potamididae Ponder and Warén p. 294
1989	Potamidinae Robba et al. p. 74
1990	Potamididae Beu et al. p. 406
1995	Cerithideidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
1995	Potamidinae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
1997	Potamididae Marquet p. 9
1997	Potamidinae Marquet p. 9
1998	Potamididae Beesley p. 724
2001	Potamididae Harzhauser and Mandic p. 694
2001	Potamididae Todd
2002	Potamididae Harzhauser p. 74
2002	Potamidinae Harzhauser p. 74
2002	Potamididae Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 66
2003	Potamididae Saul and Squires p. 444
2004	Potamididae Harzhauser p. 118
2005	Potamididae Bouchet et al. p. 249
2006	Potamidinae Perrilliat et al. p. 155
2007	Potamididae Harzhauser p. 95

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
superfamily	Cerithioidea	(Férussac 1819)
family	Potamididae	(Adams and Adams 1854)
subfamily	Potamidinae	Adams and Adams 1854
subfamily	Potamidinae	Adams and Adams 1854

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. Potamidinae Adams and Adams 1854 [horn snail]

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G. †Exechestoma Cossmann 1899

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†Exechestoma cossmani Newton 1922

G. †Hannatoma Olsson 1931

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†Hannatoma emendorferi Olsson 1931

†Hannatoma gesteri Hanna and Israelsky 1925

†Hannatoma tumbezia Olsson 1931

G. Pirenella Gray 1847

G. †Tylochilus Cossmann 1889

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

grazerf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:14:03

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:14:03

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 85.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (58 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Austria	Pirenella muensteri (74490)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Belgium	Pirenella montensis (22931)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Germany	Pirenella sp. (3115)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	Poland	Exechestoma sp., Pirenella carpaticus (27018)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	France	Tylochilus aequatus, Tylochilus brimonti (178086)
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	Peru	Melanatria gesteri (93745)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Spain	Tylochilus multigranosus (75322 75329 75348) Tylochilus multigranosus, Tylochilus palensis (75320 75324 75356) Tylochilus palensis (75321 75323 75327 75328 75330 75342 75352 75410)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Nigeria	Exechestoma cossmanni (41394)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Nigeria	Exechestoma cossmani (51240)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	France	Pirenella cuspidata, Pirenella turritellata (171526)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Panama (Colon)	Hannatoma antyx (49497)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Île-de-France)	Pirenella crenatulata, Pirenella tiarella, Pirenella turritellata (179130)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Picardie)	Pirenella crenatulata, Pirenella tiarella (178082) Pirenella cuspidata (178155)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Colombia	Hannatoma emendorferi (42787 42788 42789)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Panama	Hannatoma antyx, Hannatoma emendorferi (42495)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Bulgaria	Pirenella corrugata (103739)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Peru	Hannatoma emendorferi (55440)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Bulgaria (Burgas)	Pirenella corrugata (102230)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Peru (Piura)	Hannatoma tumbezi, Hannatoma gesteri (55433)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Peru	Hannatoma tumbezi, Hannatoma gesteri (42794)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	France (Centre)	Pirenella discolor (179581)
Badenian	13.82 - 12.8	Poland (Holy Cross Mountains)	Pirenella moravica (38823)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Romania	Pirenella picta (70575 70617)
Serravallian - Tortonian	13.82 - 7.246	Czech Republic	Pirenella disjuncta, Pirenella picta (173024) Pirenella picta, Pirenella disjuncta (173045 173046 173120 173123 173124 173125 173153 173154 173155)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Austria	Pirenella picta (25259)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Romania	Pirenella picta, Pirenella disjuncta (35124)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Italy	Pirenella etrusca (78335)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	South Africa	Pirenella sp. (77528) Pirenella stowi (77527)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Saudi Arabia	Pirenella conica (198587)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	South Africa	Pirenella stowi (122945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Israel	Pirenella teilhardi (225667)