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Eginea ornata

Gastropoda - Pachychilidae

Taxonomy
Melanopsis ornata was named by Deshayes (1862).

It was recombined as Pirena ornata by Crosse (1862); it was recombined as Faunus (Melanatria) ornatus by Cossmann (1888); it was recombined as Faunus ornatus by Furon and Soyer (1947); it was recombined as Melanatria ornata by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); it was recombined as Eginea ornata by Pacaud and Harzhauser (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Pirena ornata Crosse p. 400
1862Melanopsis ornata Deshayes p. 474 figs. n° 13, pl. 31, fig. 27-28
1888Faunus (Melanatria) ornatus Cossmann p. 285
1947Faunus ornatus Furon and Soyer p. 65
1995Melanatria ornata Le Renard and Pacaud p. 102
1995Melanatria ornata Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
2012Eginea ornata Pacaud and Harzhauser p. 125 figs. Pl. 8, fig. 5-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPachychilidaeTroschel 1857
genusEginea
speciesornata(Deshayes 1862)

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.

Eginea ornata Deshayes 1862
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Diagnosis
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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
Collections
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