Fossil Viviparidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Levant

Naomi Sivan; Joseph Heller; Dirk Van Damme

Fossil Viviparidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Levant

Naomi Sivan
, Joseph Heller^*
, Dirk Van Damme

^*Corresponding author for this work

Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences

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Abstract

Today there are no representatives of the freshwater family Viviparidae in the Levant but Pliocene-Pleistocene remains are abundant. This conchometric study explores their taxonomical position within the family. All Levantine fossils are here assigned to the African-Asian sub-family Bellamyinae and not to the Eurasian-N. American sub-family Viviparinae on the basis of their high apex and high conicality index. Two genera are recognized: Bellamya with three species and a new genus, Apameaus, with one species.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	207-219
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Conchology
Volume	39
Issue number	2
State	Published - Nov 2006

Keywords

Bellamya
Fossil
Levant
Taxonomy
Viviparidae

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