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Melanoides

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Taxonomy
Melanoides was named by Olivier (1804). It is extant.

It was reranked as Thiara (Melanoides) by Clark (1938); it was reranked as Melania (Melanoides) by Glibert (1949).

It was assigned to Thiara by Clark (1938); to Melania by Glibert (1949); to Thiaridae by Olivier (1804), Oostingh (1935), Ladd (1972); and to Thiarinae by Kase (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Melanoides Olivier p. 69
1935Melanoides Oostingh p. 13
1938Thiara (Melanoides) Clark
1949Melania (Melanoides) Glibert p. 131
1972Melanoides Ladd p. 22
1984Melanoides Kase p. 124

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyThiaridaeTroschel 1857
subfamilyThiarinaeMorrison 1954
genusMelanoidesOlivier 1804

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. Melanoides Olivier 1804
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†Melanoides curvicosta Deshayes 1835
†Melanoides vidali Cossmann 1898
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:14:32
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:14:32
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Holocene or 139.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.9 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Japan M. minima (116160 116161)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) M. sp. (141185)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Turkey M. sp. (183891)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain M. vidali (184204 184206)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Algeria M. sp. (71984)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) M. albigensis (39012 39015) M. sp. (39011 39016)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Thiara calafi (191188)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia M. puruensis (70082)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Baleares) M. pachecoi (38814)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) M. fettkei (52204)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Japan M. otatumei (70905)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan M. sp. (68895)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium M. fasciatus (111366 111367 111368 111371 111373)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Rheinland Pfalz) M. fasciata (37967 37978 37980)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda M. tuberculata (192070)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya M. tuberculata (38060)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia M. fragileplicata (70107)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Kenya Melanoides indet. (22236)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia M. tuberculata, M. woodwardi (70091)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) M. curvicosta (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy M. curvicosta (172917 172924)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Melania woodwardi (45344)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Granada) M. tuberculata (35254 35256)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia M. fennemai (84530 84539 84541) M. tuberculata (84520 84528 84529 84533) M. tuberculata, M. fennemai (84537) M. tuberculata, M. tuberculata (84519 84542) M. tuberculata, M. tuberculata, M. woodwardi (84534) M. woodwardi, M. fennemai (84540)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania M. anomala (22481)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia M. tuberculatus, M. woodwardi (70084)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Melanoides indet. (22272) M. sp. (22276 22302)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa M. tuberculata (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius M. tuberculata (194169)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa M. tuberculata (22067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger M. tuberculata (83303 83304)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan M. tuberculata (208787)