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Macromphalina

Gastropoda - Tornidae

Taxonomy
Macromphalina was named by Cossmann (1888).

It was assigned to Vitrinellidae by Gardner (1948); and to Tornidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987).

Species
M. hanseni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Macromphalina Cossmann
1948Macromphalina Gardner p. 194
1987Macromphalina Ward and Blackwelder p. 131

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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
familyTornidaeSacco 1896
genusMacromphalinaCossmann 1888

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. †Macromphalina Cossmann 1888
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†Macromphalina hanseni Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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 Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) M. sp. (205480)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) M. sp. (59307)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela M. sp. (131210 131363)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) M. hanseni (58897) M. pierrot (59316)