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Antimelatoma

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Antimelatoma was named by Powell (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 533]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Clavinae by MacNeil (1960); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Antimelatoma Powell
1960Antimelatoma MacNeil p. 110
2002Antimelatoma Sepkoski

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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)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusAntimelatomaPowell 1942

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. Antimelatoma Powell 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 41.30000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Russian Federation (Kamchatka) A. sp. (5946)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) A. cuevensis (48068)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina A. cuevensis (71404) A. cuevensis, A. quemadensis (71540)