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Melanoides curvicosta

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Taxonomy
Melania curvicosta was named by Deshayes (1835).

It was recombined as Melanoides curvicosta by Esu (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Melania curvicosta Deshayes
1980Melanoides curvicosta Esu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyThiaridaeTroschel 1857
subfamilyThiarinaeMorrison 1954
genusMelanoidesOlivier 1804
speciescurvicosta(Deshayes 1835)

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.

Melanoides curvicosta Deshayes 1835
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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 10:14:32
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:14:32
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Melanoides curvicosta (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Melanoides curvicosta (172917 172924)