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Melanatria escheri

Gastropoda - Pachychilidae

Taxonomy
Melania escheri was named by Brongniart (1822).

It was recombined as Melania (Melanoides) escheri by Dollfus and Dautzenberg (1886); it was recombined as Melanatria escheri by Harzhauser et al. (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Melania escheri Brongniart
1886Melania (Melanoides) escheri Dollfus and Dautzenberg p. 139
2002Melanatria escheri Harzhauser et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyPachychilidaeTroschel 1857
genusMelanatriaBowdich 1822
speciesescheri(Brongniart 1822)

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 escheri Brongniart 1822
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available