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Melanopsis medinae

Gastropoda - Melanopsidae

Taxonomy
Melanopsis medinae was named by Neubauer et al. (2013). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Melanoptychia bittneri Neumayr
2013Melanopsis medinae Neubauer et al. p. 135 figs. 5A-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyMelanopsidae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusMelanopsisFérussac 1807
speciesmedinae

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.

Melanopsis medinae Neubauer et al. 2013
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Invalid names: Melanoptychia bittneri Neumayr 1880 [replaced]
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 10:13:46
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:13:46
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Messinian or 15.98000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Bosnia and Herzegovina Melanopsis medinae (231199 231200)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bosnia and Herzegovina Melanoptychia bittneri (178160)