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Fontelicella

Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae

Taxonomy
Fontelicella was named by Gregg and Taylor (1965). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hydrobiidae by Gregg and Taylor (1965).

Species
F. (Natricola)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Fontelicella Gregg and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyHydrobiidaeTroschel 1857
genusFontelicellaGregg and Taylor 1965

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.

G. Fontelicella Gregg and Taylor 1965
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Subg. †Fontelicella (Natricola) Gregg and Taylor 1965
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†Fontelicella (Natricola) melina Taylor and Smith 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:11:06
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:11:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Pliocene or 4.70000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) F. melina (276415 276416)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) F. melina (234637)