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Comelicania megalotis
Taxonomy
Spirifer megalotis was named by Stache (1878). It is the type species of Comelicania.
It was recombined as Comelicania megalotis by Posenato (1998).
It was recombined as Comelicania megalotis by Posenato (1998).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1878 | Spirifer vultur Stache p. 136 figs. Pl 7, figs 2a,b |
| 1878 | Spirifer insanus Stache p. 138 figs. Pl 2, figs 24a,b |
| 1878 | Spirifer megalotis Stache p. 139 figs. Pl 6, figs 1a-c |
| 1930 | Comelicania doryphora Merla p. 47 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2a,b |
| 1930 | Comelicania rostrata Merla p. 49 figs. Pl 4, figs 5a,b |
| 1963 | Spirifer (Comelicania) vultur Schréter p. 133 figs. Pl 7, figs 6a-e |
| 1998 | Comelicania megalotis Posenato p. 54 figs. Pl 1, figs 4,8; pl 2, figs 1-7; pl 3, figs 1-8; pl 4, figs 1,2; pl 5, figs 3,4; p 6, figs 2,3,7 |
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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.
†Comelicania megalotis Stache 1878
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Invalid names: Comelicania doryphora Merla 1930 [synonym], Comelicania rostrata Merla 1930 [synonym], Spirifer insanus Stache 1878 [synonym], Spirifer vultur Stache 1878 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 17 | 27.8 | 19.0 | 36.6 | 28.0 | 4.99 |
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013 | |||||
Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Changhsingian | Italy | Comelicania megalotis (122121 122394 122395 122397 122398 122399 122400) | |
| Changhsingian | Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) | Comelicania doryphora (81527) |