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Isognomon (Melina)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Taxonomy
Melina was named by Philipsson (1788). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Isognomon by Woodring (1925); it was reranked as Isognomon (Melina) by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

It was assigned to Isognomonidae by Philipsson (1788); to Melinidae by Glenn (1904); to Melininae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Isognomon by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Isognomon ageroensis, Isognomon alatus, Isognomon bathonicus, Isognomon bathonicus, Isognomon biplicatum, Isognomon bouchardi, Isognomon brentonensis, Isognomon carolinensis, Isognomon cereviciana, Isognomon chavani, Isognomon choshiensis, Isognomon cornelliana, Isognomon flambarti, Isognomon flambarti, Isognomon flamberti, Isognomon foliaceum, Isognomon heberti, Isognomon holmesi, Isognomon ichikawai, Isognomon igsognomoides, Isognomon inaequicrenata, Isognomon infraliassica, Isognomon jupiter, Isognomon jupiter, Isognomon karakuldjensis, Isognomon lamberti, Isognomon leona, Isognomon lotenoensis, Isognomon lugdunensis, Isognomon lusitanicum, Isognomon lusitanicus, Isognomon marspiallis, Isognomon maxillatus, Isognomon maxillatus, Isognomon maxilliata, Isognomon maxilliatus, Isognomon mechanquilensis, Isognomon mimeticus, Isognomon murchisonii, Isognomon mytiloides, Isognomon nanus, Isognomon patchamensis, Isognomon perplana, Isognomon promytilodes, Isognomon promytiloides, Isognomon promytiloides, Isognomon pseudotomiyasui, Isognomon pygmaea, Isognomon quadrisulcatus, Isognomon rectangularis, Isognomon rekohuenis, Isognomon ricordeanus, Isognomon ricordiana, Isognomon rikuzenicus, Isognomon rollei, Isognomon rugosum, Isognomon rugosus, Isognomon sanchuensis, Isognomon sanchuensis, Isognomon securiformis, Isognomon subplana, Isognomon subplana, Isognomon subplanatum, Isognomon subplanum, Isognomon subspatulus, Isognomon theseni, Isognomon thurmanni, Isognomon tomiyasui, Isognomon tortum, Isognomon trivale, Isognomon valida, Isognomon volaticum, Isognomon volaticum, Isognomon woodsi, Isognomon yinganensis, Isognomon zelandica, Melina gaudichaudi, Pedalion linguaeformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Melina Philipsson
1904Melina Glenn p. 383
2010Melina Bouchet et al.
2012Isognomon (Melina) Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 220

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyMalleidaeLamarck 1819
subfamilyIsognomoninae(Woodring 1925)
genusIsognomonLightfoot 1786
subgenusMelina(Philipsson 1788)

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.

Subg. Isognomon (Melina) Philipsson 1788
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:22:47
Modified: 2025-04-24 13:29:46
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.24000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (South Carolina) Melina sp. (92463)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Melina gaudichaudi (77479 77527)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Melina gaudichaudi (122945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Isognomon chemnitzianum (96563)