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Melania hordacea

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Taxonomy
Melania hordacea was named by Lamarck (1804). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Houdan (Defrance collection), which is in a Lutetian carbonate carbonate in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. milkensis, M. penoti, M. terebriformis, M. whiteavsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Melania hordacea Lamarck p. 431
1825Melania hordacea Deshayes p. 108 figs. Pl 13, figs 14,15,22,23

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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
genusMelaniaRöding 1798
specieshordacea

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.

†Melania hordacea Lamarck 1804
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, 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 Melania hordacea (type locality: 184108)