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Melongena (Pugilina) ickei

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Melongena ickei was named by Martin (1906) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Myanmar.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Mindegyi (Singu stage), which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Singu Formation of Myanmar.

It was recombined as Melongena (Pugilina) ickei by Vredenburg (1923).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. cornuta, M. propatula, M. laevifusoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Melongena ickei Martin p. 309
1923Melongena (Pugilina) ickei Vredenburg p. 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
genusMelongenaSchumacher 1817
subgenusPugilina
speciesickei(Martin 1906)

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.

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Diagnosis
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