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Abyssomelania
Taxonomy
Abyssomelania was named by Kaim et al. (2014). Its type is Abyssomelania cramptoni.
It was assigned to Hokkaidoconchidae by Kaim et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Hokkaidoconchidae by Kaim et al. (2014).
Species
A. campbellae, A. cramptoni (type species)
Entered
by J. Marcot on 2021-05-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2021-05-24
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Abyssomelania Kaim et al. p. 414 |
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G. †Abyssomelania Kaim et al. 2014
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†Abyssomelania campbellae Kaim et al. 2014
†Abyssomelania cramptoni Kaim et al. 2014
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Kaim et al. 2014 | Large, high-spired shell with abyssochrysoid early teleoconch whorls (reticulate with dominant axial ribs) and adolescent/adult whorls smooth apart from opisthocline growth lines and unusual widely-spaced prosocline riblets (named here abyssomelanid riblets) manifested only on abapical portion of the flank. |
Measurements
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