MolluscaBase - Leviathaniidae Harzhauser & S. Schneider, 2014 †

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Leviathaniidae Harzhauser & S. Schneider, 2014 †

AphiaID

834055 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:834055)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Leviathania Pchelintsev, 1927 † (type by original designation)

Parent

Littorinoidea Children, 1834

Direct children (2)

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Genus Leviathania Pchelintsev, 1927 †
Genus Tuberleviathania Golovinova & Korotkov, 1986 † accepted as Leviathania Pchelintsev, 1927 † (a junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Harzhauser M. & Schneider S. (2014). A new family of giant Jurassic–Cretaceous littorinoid gastropods from the northern Tethys shelf. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 59(2): 367-378., available online at https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2011.0196
page(s): 369 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Leviathaniidae Harzhauser & S. Schneider, 2014 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834055 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-02-14 13:10:31Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-12-21 04:55:15Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2022-03-11 08:55:08Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Harzhauser M. & Schneider S. (2014). A new family of giant Jurassic–Cretaceous littorinoid gastropods from the northern Tethys shelf. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 59(2): 367-378., available online at https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2011.0196
page(s): 369 [details]