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Macron merriami

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae

Taxonomy
Macron merriami was named by Arnold (1907). Its type specimen is USNM 164982, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Head of Topanga Canyon (Arnold 1907), which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Topanga Canyon Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Macron merriami Arnold p. 529 figs. Plate XLI, figs 4 and 4a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyPseudolivoideade Gregorio 1880
familyPseudolividaede Gregorio 1880
genusMacronAdams and Adams 1853
speciesmerriami

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.

†Macron merriami Arnold 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:30
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Macron merriami (type locality: 237493)