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Melanella eborea

Gastropoda - Eulimidae

Taxonomy
Eulima eborea was named by Conrad (1846).

It was recombined as Balcis eborea by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); it was recombined as Melanella eborea by Ward (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Eulima eborea Conrad p. 20 figs. Plate 1, Fig. 21
1859Eulima eborea Holmes p. 88
1904Eulima eborea Martin p. 216
1987Balcis eborea Ward and Blackwelder p. 171 figs. Plate 37, Fig. 3
1998Melanella eborea Ward p. 73

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyVanikoroideaGray 1840
familyEulimidaePhilippi 1853
genusMelanellaBowdich 1822
specieseborea(Conrad 1846)

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.

Melanella eborea Conrad 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:26:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:26:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Gelasian or 20.44000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Eulima eborea (92763)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Melanella eborea (18579)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Balcis eborea (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Balcis eborea (58897)