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Diastoma costellatum

Gastropoda - Diastomatidae

Taxonomy

Melania costellata was named by Lamarck (1804) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; France.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

It was recombined as Diastoma costellata by Fuchs (1870); it was recombined as Diastoma costellatum by Harzhauser (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. adelaidense, D. alpinum, D. costellata, D. georgiana, D. grateloupi, D. grateloupi, D. inerme, D. interruptum, D. melanoides, D. ornata, D. ornate, D. provisi, D. roncanum, D. variculosum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1804	Melania costellata Lamarck p. 430 figs. Pl 19, fig 1
1825	Melania costellata Deshayes p. 113 figs. Pl 12, figs 5,6,9,10
1870	Diastoma costellata Fuchs p. 164
2004	Diastoma costellatum Harzhauser p. 123

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
superfamily	Cerithioidea	(Férussac 1819)
family	Diastomatidae	(Cossmann 1894)
genus	Diastoma	Deshayes 1850
species	costellatum	()

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.

†Diastoma costellatum Lamarck 1804

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

grazersuperf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 07:17:16

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:17:16

Source: superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	United Kingdom (England)	Diastoma costellatum (8124)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	France	Diastoma costellatum (171526) Melania costellata (184107)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	France (Picardie)	Diastoma costellatum (178083)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France	Diastoma costellatum (78567)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Spain	Diastoma costellatum (141924 142111 277558)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Italy	Diastoma costellatum (78565)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Italy	Diastoma costellatum (81044)