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Mesocoelia priscum

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Melania prisca was named by Münster (1840). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Loxonema priscum by Whidborne (1891), Whidborne (1892), Whidborne (1896), Tolmachoff (1930), Amler and Heidelberger (2003); it was recombined as Loxonema prisca by Jux and Krath (1974); it was recombined as Mesocoelia priscum by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Melania prisca Münster
1891Loxonema priscum Whidborne p. 181 figs. pl. 18 f. 17-19
1892Loxonema priscum Whidborne p. 42
1896Loxonema priscum Whidborne p. 373
1930Loxonema priscum Tolmachoff p. 58 figs. pl. 5 f. 6-7
1974Loxonema prisca Jux and Krath
2003Loxonema priscum Amler and Heidelberger p. 1184 figs. f. 12e-f
2023Mesocoelia priscum Wagner p. S1739

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyMurchisoniidae
genusMesocoelia()
speciespriscum()

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.

†Mesocoelia priscum Münster 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 18:05:26
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:43:21
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Silurian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 443.10000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) Loxonema prisca (229254)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Michigan) Loxonema priscum (128912)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Manitoba) Loxonema priscum (56461 106309 106311)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom (England) Loxonema priscum (129878 130270)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Rhenish Massif) Loxonema prisca (5960)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) Loxonema priscum (38143)