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Melanatria ypresiana

Gastropoda - Pachychilidae

Taxonomy
Melanatria ypresiana was named by Vega and Perilliat (1992). It is not extant. Its type locality is IGM 1973 - Cerro La Carroza green beds, which is in a Ypresian delta plain mudstone/siltstone in the Adjuntas Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Melanatria ypresiana Vega and Perilliat pp. 607-608 figs. 4.12, 4.14-4.16, 4.18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPachychilidaeTroschel 1857
genusMelanatriaBowdich 1822
speciesypresiana

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.

Melanatria ypresiana Vega and Perilliat 1992
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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 10:14:09
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:14:09
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Melanatria ypresiana (type locality: 144399)