Merelina Iredale 1915 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Parent taxon: Rissoidae according to H. S. Ladd 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actonia, Alvania, Benthonella, Boreocingula, Buvignieria, Folinia, Hudlestoniella, Lapsigyrus, Manzonia, Microstelma, Mohrensterniinae, Obtusella, Ottoina, Ovirissoa, Powellisetia, Pusillina, Rissoa, Rissocerithium, Rissoinae, Setia, Simulamerelina, Striatestea, Thierachella, Tournoueria, Voorwindia, Zebinostoma
Subtaxa: Merelina (Merelina) Merelina saginata
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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