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Fastigiella (Mellevillia)

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Mellevillia was named by Cossmann (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l].

It was reranked as Fastigiella (Mellevillia) by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

It was assigned to Fastigiella by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Mellevillia Cossmann
1995Fastigiella (Mellevillia) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 155
2002Mellevillia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
genusFastigiellaReeve 1848
subgenusMellevillia(Cossmann 1889)

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. †Fastigiella (Mellevillia) Cossmann 1889
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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 07:11:54
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:11:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain Mellevillia gibbosula (75326 75332 75356)