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Alvania (Linemera)
Taxonomy
Linemera was named by Finlay (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 899]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Merelina (Linemera) by Ladd (1966); it was reranked as Alvania (Linemera) by Ponder (1984).
It was assigned to Merelina by Ladd (1966); to Alvania by Ponder (1984); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Merelina (Linemera) by Ladd (1966); it was reranked as Alvania (Linemera) by Ponder (1984).
It was assigned to Merelina by Ladd (1966); to Alvania by Ponder (1984); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Alvania abstersa, Alvania alexandrae, Alvania almo, Alvania ampulla, Alvania angioyi, Alvania areolifera, Alvania argentea, Alvania auberiana, Alvania auberiana, Alvania aurivillii, Alvania barreti, Alvania basisulcata, Alvania belgica, Alvania brachia, Alvania carta, Alvania cimex, Alvania convexispira, Alvania craticula, Alvania curta, Alvania curta, Alvania curta, Alvania dautzenbergi, Alvania dinora, Alvania discors, Alvania ellenorae, Alvania epulata, Alvania fenestrata, Alvania formicarum, Alvania galapagensis, Alvania geryonia, Alvania gontsharovae, Alvania halia, Alvania helenae, Alvania hirta, Alvania holsatica, Alvania holsatica, Alvania hoodensis, Alvania hungarica, Alvania janmayeni, Alvania kenneyi, Alvania lachesis, Alvania lactanea, Alvania lara, Alvania lineata, Alvania lirata, Alvania mamillata, Alvania maria, Alvania mariae, Alvania mariae, Alvania mediolittoralis, Alvania meridioamericana, Alvania meridioamericana, Alvania meridoamericana, Alvania montagui, Alvania montagui, Alvania montagui, Alvania montagui, Alvania montagui, Alvania montagui, Alvania montagui, Alvania montensis, Alvania nemo, Alvania obliquistoma, Alvania oldroydi, Alvania partschi, Alvania partschi, Alvania partschi, Alvania perregularis, Alvania perregularis, Alvania playagrandensis, Alvania pontileviensis, Alvania poucheti, Alvania praeholsatica, Alvania productilis, Alvania pseudoalvania, Alvania punctura, Alvania rupeliensis, Alvania schwartzi, Alvania sculpta, Alvania semperi, Alvania sleursi, Alvania spirialis, Alvania tarsodes, Alvania tauropraecedens, Alvania tenuicostata, Alvania tenuisculpta, Alvania testae, Alvania testae, Alvania thalia, Alvania tiberiana, Alvania tongrorum, Alvania transiens, Alvania veleroana, Alvania venus, Alvania venus, Alvania venus, Alvania zetlandica, Linemera awamoaensis, Linemera minuta, Linemera pukeuriensis, Linemera revecta, Merelina telkibana, Rissoa bartonensis, Rissoa lineata
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2016-04-01
Synonymy list
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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.
Subg. Alvania (Linemera) Finlay 1924
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| W. F. Ponder 1984 | Shell: similar to Alvania S.s., with rather weak to strong clathrate sculpture, the axial elements sometimes predominant. Aperture simple, varix usually weak (Figs 23A, B; 96F; 98A, E). Protoconch of 1 Yz bulbous whorls, sculptured with exceedingly minute granules which are sometimes coalesced to form short, horizontal striae (Figs 96G; 98B, G). |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Altonian | New Zealand | Linemera awamoaensis (67896) Linemera pukeuriensis, Linemera minuta (67900) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Palau | Merelina telkibana (77930) | |
| Holocene | China | Linemera revecta (96352) |