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Mammilla

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Mammilla was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant. Its type is Mammilla fasciata.

It was reranked as Polinices (Mammilla) by Altena (1941) and Marincovich (1977).

It was assigned to Polinices by Altena (1941) and Marincovich (1977); to Naticidae by Ladd (1977); to Polinicinae by MacNeil (1960) and Majima (1989); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Naticinae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Mammilla Schumacher
1941Polinices (Mammilla) Altena p. 67
1960Mammilla MacNeil p. 54
1977Mammilla Ladd p. 28
1977Polinices (Mammilla) Marincovich p. 299 figs. PI 25, figs. 13-14
1989Mammilla Majima p. 65
2002Mammilla Sepkoski
2010Mammilla Landau and Marques da Silva p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyPolinicinaeGray 1847
genusMammillaSchumacher 1817

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. Mammilla Schumacher 1817
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Mammilla arepa Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Mammilla caprae Philippi 1850
Mammilla fasciata Schumacher 1817
Mammilla mammata Röding 1798
Polinices (Mammilla) caprae Philippi 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-05-29 02:56:52
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:12:38
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia M. dijki (70102)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan M. insignis (78397)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Japan (Saga) M. insignis (204551)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia M. dijki (70100 70103)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) M. melanostoma (42229)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji M. melanostoma (78073)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan M. sp. (97111)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia M. mammata (70105)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia M. mammata (70079) M. simiae, M. sp., M. mammata (70084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela M. arepa (111010 111011)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Japan (Okinawa) M. melanostoma (42178)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Taiwan M. mammata (96273 96276)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan M. kurodai (97028)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia M. sp. (198576)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu M. melanostoma (78043)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia M. melanostema (192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Northern Mariana Islands M. melanostoma (77941)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) M. melanostoma (41606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Polinices melanostoma (88886)