Merelina Iredale 1915 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae

Parent taxon: Rissoidae according to H. S. Ladd 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actonia, Alvania, Ampulospira luda, Benthonella, Boreocingula, Buvignieria, Folinia, Hudlestoniella, Lapsigyrus, Microstelma, Mohrensterniinae, Ottoina, Ovirissoa, Powellisetia, Pusillina, Rissoa, Rissocerithium, Rissoina, Rissoinae, Rissoininae, Setia, Simulamerelina, Stosicia, Striatestea, Thierachella, Tournoueria, Turboella, Voorwindia, Zebina, Zebinostoma

Subtaxa: Merelina (Merelina) Merelina saginata

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Fiji (1 collection), the Marshall Islands (4), New Zealand (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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