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Melanoides (Melanoides) fennemai

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Taxonomy
Melania fennemai was named by Martin (1905). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Melanoides (Melanoides) fennemai by Oostingh (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. anomala

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Melania fennemai K. and Martin p. 239 figs. pl. 36, figs. 571, 571a
1905Melania fennemai Martin p. 239 figs. pl. 36, figs. 571, 571a
1935Melanoides (Melanoides) fennemai Oostingh p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyThiaridaeTroschel 1857
subfamilyThiarinaeMorrison 1954
genusMelanoidesOlivier 1804
subgenusMelanoidesOlivier 1804
speciesfennemai(Martin 1905)

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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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: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Melanoides fennemai (84530 84537 84539 84540 84541)