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Miraclathurella amica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Clathurella amica was named by Pilsbry and Johnson (1922) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Miraclathurella amica by Woodring (1928), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Clathurella amica Pilsbry and Johnson p. 324 figs. pl. 17, fig. 13
1928Miraclathurella amica Woodring p. 190
2010Miraclathurella amica Landau and Marques da Silva p. 113

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPseudomelatomidae(McLearn 1971)
genusMiraclathurella
speciesamica(Pilsbry and Johnson 1922)

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.

†Miraclathurella amica Pilsbry and Johnson 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available