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Melongena lainei

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Pyrula lainei was named by Basterot (1825) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene; Oman, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Melongena (Myristica) lainei by Sacco (1904); it was recombined as Melongena (Pyrula) lainei by Stchepinsky (1939); it was recombined as Galeodea lainei by Zbyszewski (1954); it was recombined as Melongena lainei by Vredenburg (1925), Anic (1952), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Harzhauser (2004) and Harzhauser (2007).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Pyrula lainei Basterot
1904Melongena (Myristica) lainei Sacco p. 32
1925Melongena lainei Vredenburg p. 180
1939Melongena (Pyrula) lainei Stchepinsky p. 37
1952Melongena lainei Anic p. 43
1954Galeodea lainei Zbyszewski p. 136
2001Melongena lainei Harzhauser and Mandic p. 709
2004Melongena lainei Harzhauser p. 137
2007Melongena lainei Harzhauser p. 106

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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
subfamilyMelongeninae(Gill 1871)
genusMelongenaSchumacher 1817
specieslainei(Basterot 1825)

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.

†Melongena lainei Basterot 1825
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†Melongena lainei semseyiana Erdös 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:20:52
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Burdigalian or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran Melongena lainei (76199)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Greece Melongena lainei (74635)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Galeodes semseyiana (8211)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Oman Melongena lainei (75608)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria Melongena semseyiana (77734)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Greece Melongena lainei (172003)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Melongena lainei (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Melongena lainei (77163 77169 77170 77174)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran Melongena lainei (191063)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Melongena lainei (179086)