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Melanoides (Melanoides) tuberculata

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Taxonomy

Melania tuberculata was named by Müller (1774). It is extant.

It was recombined as Melanoides (Melanoides) tuberculata by Oostingh (1935), Hendy (2007).

Subspecies

Melanoides (Melanoides) tuberculata tegalensis

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

M. anomala

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1774	Melania tuberculata Müller
1935	Melanoides (Melanoides) tuberculata Oostingh p. 13
2007	Melanoides (Melanoides) tuberculata Hendy

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
superfamily	Cerithioidea	(Férussac 1819)
family	Thiaridae	Troschel 1857
subfamily	Thiarinae	Morrison 1954
genus	Melanoides	Olivier 1804
subgenus	Melanoides	Olivier 1804
species	tuberculata	(Müller 1774)

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.

Melanoides (Melanoides) tuberculata Müller 1774

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†Melanoides (Melanoides) tuberculata tegalensis Oostingh 1935

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Environment:

freshwaterf

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

grazersuperf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2017-04-17 10:14:32

Modified:

2017-04-17 10:14:32

Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Indonesia	Melanoides tuberculata (70091)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Indonesia	Melanoides tuberculata (84520 84528 84529 84533 84537) Melanoides tuberculata, Melanoides tuberculata (84519 84534 84542)