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Pseudomelaniidae

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Pseudomelaniidae was named by Cossmann (1909) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5435]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Subulitacea by Allison (1955); to Cerithioidea by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Pseudomelanioidea by Squires and Saul (2003); and to Pseudomelanoidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Squires and Saul (2004), Harzhauser (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005), Cataldo (2017).

Subtaxa
Angulasina, Bourguetia, Fusoidella, Hudlestonella, Liocium, Malbalnella, Mesospira, Paosia, Pericarinata, Pseudomelania, Ramina (syn. Rama)
Entered
by M. Kosnik on 2002-11-26; modified by P. Wagner on 2016-03-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Pseudomelaniidae Cossmann
1955Pseudomelaniidae Allison p. 412
1988Pseudomelaniidae Ponder and Warén p. 293
1995Pseudomelaniidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
2003Pseudomelaniidae Squires and Saul p. 147
2004Pseudomelaniidae Harzhauser p. 126
2004Pseudomelaniidae Squires and Saul p. 489
2005Pseudomelaniidae Bouchet et al. p. 247
2017Pseudomelaniidae Cataldo p. 424

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909

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.

Fm. Pseudomelaniidae Cossmann 1909
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G. †Angulasina Gründel 2012
G. †Bourguetia Deshayes 1871
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†Bourguetia arata Trechmann 1917
†Bourguetia deshayesea Terquem 1855
†Bourguetia striata Sowerby 1812
G. †Fusoidella Wenz 1938
G. †Hudlestonella Cossmann 1909
G. †Liocium Gabb 1869
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†Liocium marcidulus White 1889
†Liocium punctatum Gabb 1869
G. †Malbalnella Korotkov 1994
G. †Mesospira Cossmann 1892
G. †Paosia Böhm 1895
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†Paosia acuminata Anderson 1958
†Paosia calafia Stewart 1927
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Invalid names: Acteonina pupoides Gabb 1864 [replaced]
†Paosia californica Gabb 1864
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Invalid names: Acteonina bellavistana Anderson 1958 [synonym], Acteonina berryessensis Anderson 1958 [synonym], Acteonina roguensis Anderson 1958 [synonym], Acteonina yrekensis Anderson 1958 [synonym]
†Paosia colusaensis Anderson 1958
†Paosia pentzensis Squires and Saul 2004
†Paosia ursula Anderson 1958
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Invalid names: Acteonina ursulagorda Anderson 1958 [synonym]
G. †Pericarinata Pan 1982
G. †Pseudomelania Pictet and Campiche 1862
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†Oonia incrassata Kittl 1899
†Oonia pennina Parona 1892
†Oonia subtortilis Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Melania pupa Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
†Oonia texta Kittl 1899
Invalid names: Pseudomelania (Eligmoloxus) Cossmann 1885 [synonym]
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†Rhabdoconcha brongniarti Klipstein 1843
†Rhabdoconcha schaeferi Kittl 1894
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Invalid names: Turritella subcarinata Münster 1841 [replaced]
†Rhabdoconcha triadica Kittl 1894
†Pseudomelania aonis Kittl 1894
†Pseudomelania colusaensis Anderson 1958
†Pseudomelania feruglioi Ferrari 2013
†Pseudomelania frankei Kuhn 1936
†Pseudomelania gaudryi Kittl 1894
†Pseudomelania hagenowi Klipstein 1843
†Pseudomelania miles Kittl 1894
†Pseudomelania muensteri Wissmann 1841
†Pseudomelania subula Kittl 1894
G. †Ramina
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†Ramina ptychitica Kittl 1894
Invalid names: Rama Böhm 1895 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 274.40000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (463 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) Pseudomelania sp. (112199)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Wyoming) Pseudomelania sp. (108913)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Pseudomelania sp. a (108822)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51USA (Texas) Pseudomelania sp. b (108835)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464India (Himachal Pradesh) Pseudomelania sp. (206206)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Chile (Atacama) Bourgetia sp. (200772)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Sichuan) Ramina ptychitica (119277)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland Rhabdoconcha fritschi (63538)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Rhabdoconcha sp. (206736)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy Rama ptychitica (138255)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Acteonina ursula, Acteonina ursulagorda (86858) Paosia ursula (72037 86783) Pseudomelania colusaensis (44233 44235)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Paosia ursula (215311 220361 220363)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Paosia sp. (86956 207437) Pseudomelania colusaensis (158104)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (British Columbia) Paosia pentzensis (210558)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) Pseudomelania sutherlandii (47109)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) Paosia pentzensis (119447)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Liocium marcidulum (69312 86936) Paosia pentzensis (3885 176365 220366)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Paosia pentzensis (176363)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Gujarat) Bourguetia sp. (171803)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (Southland) Pseudomelania sp. (50787)