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Pseudomelatoma (Laevitectum)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Clathrodrillia (Laevitectum) was named by Dall (1919). It is extant.

It was reranked as Pseudomelatoma (Laevitectum) by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

It was assigned to Clathrodrillia by Dall (1919); and to Pseudomelatoma by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Clathrodrillia (Laevitectum) Dall p. 19
1931Pseudomelatoma (Laevitectum) Grant, IV and Gale p. 563

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPseudomelatomidae(McLearn 1971)
genusPseudomelatomaDall 1918
subgenusLaevitectum(Dall 1919)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available