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Tinnyea aquitanica

Gastropoda - Pachychilidae

Taxonomy
Melania aquitanica was named by Noulet (1846).

It was recombined as Melania (Melanoides) escheri aquitanica by Dollfus and Dautzenberg (1886); it was recombined as Melania (Melanoides) aquitanica by Glibert (1949); it was recombined as Tinnyea aquitanica by Pacaud and Harzhauser (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Melania aquitanica Noulet
1886Melania (Melanoides) escheri aquitanica Dollfus and Dautzenberg p. 139
1949Melania (Melanoides) aquitanica Glibert p. 131 figs. Pl. VIII, fig. 5 a, b.
2012Tinnyea aquitanica Pacaud and Harzhauser p. 109 figs. pl. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPachychilidaeTroschel 1857
genusTinnyeaHantken 1887
speciesaquitanica(Noulet 1846)

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.

Tinnyea aquitanica Noulet 1846
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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, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Centre) Melania aquitanica (178085)