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Diastoma costellatum

Gastropoda - Diastomatidae

Taxonomy
Melania costellata was named by Lamarck (1804) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; France.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

It was recombined as Diastoma costellata by Fuchs (1870); it was recombined as Diastoma costellatum by Harzhauser (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Melania costellata Lamarck p. 430 figs. Pl 19, fig 1
1825Melania costellata Deshayes p. 113 figs. Pl 12, figs 5,6,9,10
1870Diastoma costellata Fuchs p. 164
2004Diastoma costellatum Harzhauser p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyDiastomatidae(Cossmann 1894)
genusDiastomaDeshayes 1850
speciescostellatum()

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.

Diastoma costellatum Lamarck 1804
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Diagnosis
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