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Minolia

Gastropoda - Solariellidae

Taxonomy
Minolia was named by Adams (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: K u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Minoliinae by Kuroda et al. (1971); to Solariellinae by Wilson (1993); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Solariellidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Minolia Adams
1971Minolia Kuroda et al. p. 38
1993Minolia Wilson p. 72
2002Minolia Sepkoski
2005Minolia Bouchet et al. pp. 110, 245

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familySolariellidae(Powell 1951)
genusMinoliaAdams 1860

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. Minolia Adams 1860
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Minolia peramabilis Carpenter 1864 [lovely solarelle]
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Invalid names: Minolia rhyssa Dall 1919 [synonym]
Minolia tsuchii Oyama and Mizuno 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:47:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:46
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.98000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan M. sp. (44960)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan M. sp. (81702 81703)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (California) Solariella peramabilis (37543)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) M. sp. (214274)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia (East Java) M. belcheri (96670 96671)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Solariella peramabilis (238418 238435 238437 238455 238459)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan M. sp. (97077)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa M. articulata (122941)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Solariella peramabilis (202632 202634 202635 202637 202639 202644 202645 222665) Solariella permabilis (223310 223327) Solariella rhyssa, Solariella permabilis (203095 223525)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Solariella peramabilis (222647)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China M. nyssena (96353)