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Taxonomy
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) mellisa was named by Olsson (1942). Its type specimen is PRI 4095, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada Melissa, Burica Peninsula [Charco Azul Fm], which is in a Pliocene offshore shale in the Charco Azul Formation of Costa Rica.
It was recombined as Lamelliconcha mellisa by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Lamelliconcha mellisa by Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. thompsoni, Pitar astartiformis, Pitar cicinatus, Pitar circinatus, Pitar diminuta, Pitar euglypta, Pitar hartti, Pitar imitabilis, Pitar labeanus, Pitar labreanus, Pitar macbeani, Pitar obscurata, Pitar perarcana, Pitar recondita, Pitar rosea, Pitar yoakumi, Pitaria baumanni, Pitaria perarcana, Pitaria petersoni, Pitaria planivieta
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1942 | Pitar (Lamelliconcha) mellisa Olsson figs. pl. 5, fig. 4 |
| 2008 | Lamelliconcha mellisa Hendy et al. |
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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.
†Lamelliconcha mellisa Olsson 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||