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Melanoides (Melanoides) woodwardi

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

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

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Melania woodwardi Martin p. 17 figs. pl. 36, figs. 567-570
1935Melanoides (Melanoides) woodwardi Oostingh p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyThiaridaeTroschel 1857
subfamilyThiarinaeMorrison 1954
genusMelanoidesOlivier 1804
subgenusMelanoidesOlivier 1804
specieswoodwardi(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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.60800 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Melanoides woodwardi (70091)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Melania woodwardi (45344)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Melanoides woodwardi (84534 84540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Melanoides woodwardi (70084)