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Mnestia dekayi

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Scaphandridae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
M. meyeri, M. turgidula
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. confusa, M. ovata, M. rotunda

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchia(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderCephalaspideaFischer 1883
superfamilyPhilinoideaGray 1850
familyScaphandridaeSars 1878
genusMnestiaAdams and A 1854
speciesdekayi

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Mnestia dekayi (205421)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Mnestia dekayi (205490)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Mnestia dekayi (90600)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Mnestia dekayi (90656 91119 205266 205410 205422 205430 205433 205480 205483 205484 205485 205531)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Mnestia dekayi (92308 92355)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Mnestia dekayi (98787)