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Melanella (Melanella) clarki
Taxonomy
Eulima clarki was named by Dickerson (1917). Its type specimen is CAS 433 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.
It was recombined as Melanella (Melanella) clarki by Effinger (1938).
It was recombined as Melanella (Melanella) clarki by Effinger (1938).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. alba, M. amnicreta, M. calkinsi, M. cercadica, M. convexiuscula, M. dautzenbergi, M. extremis, M. falcata, M. grandis, M. hastata, M. incurva, M. magnoliana, M. maoica, M. minutissima, M. naumanni, M. notata, M. polita, M. postnotata, M. retrocita, M. similis, M. sororcula, M. sowerbyi, M. subbrevis, M. subemarginata, M. subulata, M. sulculata, M. tethyos, M. thaanumi, M. vicina, M. wheeleri, M. alba, M. alba, M. alba, M. colon, M. distorta, M. lactea, M. polita, M. subbrevis, M. subdepressa, M. algoensis, M. levis, M. bartschi, M. locklini, M. magnoliana, M. calkinsi, M. conchita, M. fargoi, M. gibberula, M. magnoliana, M. spatha, M. suavis, M. eichwaldi, M. glabella, M. jepiana, M. jickelii, M. korytnicensis, M. montilysensis, M. nitida, M. sanctacrucensis, M. spina, M. vicina
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1917 | Eulima clarki Dickerson pp. 179 - 180 figs. PI. 31, Fig. 8 |
| 1918 | Eulima smithi Van Winkle figs. pl. 7, fig. 22 |
| 1924 | Pyramidella praecursor Hanna pp. 178 - 179 |
| 1938 | Melanella (Melanella) clarki Effinger p. 376 |
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†Melanella (Melanella) clarki Dickerson 1917
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Invalid names: Pyramidella praecursor Hanna 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 41.03000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bartonian | USA (Washington) | Eulima clarki (52204) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Washington) | Eulima clarki (type locality: 4900) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Washington) | Melanella clarki (40733) | |
| Oligocene | USA (Washington) | Eulima smithi (241814) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Washington) | Eulima smithi (241050) |