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Mesorhytis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Taxonomy
Mesorhytis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mitridae by Palmer and Brann (1966); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
M. granulosa
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. renauxianus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Mesorhytis Palmer and Brann p. 764
2002Mesorhytis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMitroideaSwainson 1831
familyMitridaeSwainson 1831
genusMesorhytis

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.

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†Mesorhytis granulosa Favre 1869
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 08:22:13
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:13
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Ypresian or 93.90000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil M. renauxianus (140889)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria M. cancellata (177758)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Landes) M. granulosa (38811)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany Voluta granulosa (213668)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) M. sp. (205260 205261)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Alabama) M. sp. B (90601)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Maryland) M. pomonkensis, M. potomacensis (91714)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Maryland) M. pomonkensis (99288)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) M. pomonkensis (91859 101306)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) M. hatchetigbeensis (80792 90609 92349)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Maryland) M. sp. A (91117)