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Moelleria costulata

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Margarita costulata was named by Möller (1842) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Northern eastern and western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Moelleria costulata by Verkrüzen (1887), Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Margarita costulata Möller p. 81
1887Moelleria costulata Verkrüzen p. 55
2008Moelleria costulata Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMoelleriinaeHickman and McLean 1990
genusMoelleriaJeffreys 1865
speciescostulata(Möller 1842)

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.

Moelleria costulata Möller 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:48:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:48:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Moelleria costulata (75197 75200)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Moelleria costulata (98196 98197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland (Disko Island) Moelleria costulata (227045 227046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland Moelleria costulata (75057)