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Mammilla arepa

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Mammilla arepa was named by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010). Its type specimen is NHMW 2010/0038/0016, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. dijki, M. insignis, M. kurodai, M. melanostema, M. simiae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Mammilla arepa Landau and Marques da Silva p. 45 figs. pl. 9, figs 9-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyPolinicinaeGray 1847
genusMammillaSchumacher 1817
speciesarepa

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.

†Mammilla arepa Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-05-29 02:56:52
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:12:38
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Mammilla arepa (111010 111011)