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Moelleria

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Moelleria was named by Jeffreys (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 557]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Moelleriinae.

It was assigned to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Moelleriinae by Hickman and McLean (1990), Bouchet et al. (2005).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Moelleria Jeffreys p. 43
1990Moelleria Hickman and McLean p. 43
2002Moelleria Sepkoski
2005Moelleria Bouchet et al. pp. 110, 245

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMoelleriinaeHickman and McLean 1990
genusMoelleriaJeffreys 1865

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. Moelleria Jeffreys 1865
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Moelleria costulata Möller 1842
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:48:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:48:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland M. costulata (75197 75200)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland (Disko Island) M. costulata (227045 227046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands M. costulata (98196 98197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland M. costulata (75057)