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Melarhaphe

Gastropoda - Littorinidae

Taxonomy
Melarhaphe was named by Menke (1828). It is extant.

It was reranked as Littorina (Melarhaphe) by Weisbord (1962).

It was assigned to Littorina by Weisbord (1962); and to Littorinidae by Lozouet et al. (2001) and Bouchet et al. (2001).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Melarhaphe Menke
1962Littorina (Melarhaphe) Weisbord p. 117
2001Melarhaphe Bouchet and et al.
2001Melarhaphe Lozouet et al. p. 90

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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)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyLittorinidaeGray 1840
genusMelarhapheMenke 1828

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. Melarhaphe Menke 1828
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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 07:51:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:51:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 27.30000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Germany M. sp. (70002)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France M. sacyi (74861)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Littorina sp. (111599)