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Melongena consors

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Pyrula consors was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Melongena melongena consors by Woodring (1964); it was recombined as Melongena consors by Maury (1917), Olsson (1922), Weisbord (1929), Petuch (1988) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. propatula, M. laevifusoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pyrula consors Sowerby p. 49
1917Melongena consors Maury p. 85
1922Melongena consors Olsson p. 112
1929Melongena consors Weisbord p. 44
1964Melongena melongena consors Woodring p. 273
1988Melongena consors Petuch p. 59
2010Melongena consors Landau and Marques da Silva p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
subfamilyMelongeninae(Gill 1871)
genusMelongenaSchumacher 1817
speciesconsors(Sowerby 1850)

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.

†Melongena consors Sowerby 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:20:52
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (81 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.608Haiti Melongena consors (173458 173459)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Dominican Republic Melongena consors (92450)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Melongena consors (60753)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Melongena consors (74962)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Melongena consors (136881 136882 136883 136886 136908 156356 156370 156700 156748 156751 156754 156795 157336 157342 157343 157978 158045 158102 160770 161892 161893)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Melongena consors (156798 157931)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Colombia Melongena melongena (106367)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Melongena consors (136878 136879 136880 136884 136885 136907 136909 156551 156608 156683 157828 157830 157848 157857 157858 157859 158029 158040 158041 160966 160967 160968 160969 161050 161052 161053 161054 162001)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Melongena consors (74959)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Melongena consors (60678 60680 60689)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Melongena consors (111204 136943)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Melongena consors (58817 74912 74935)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Melongena consors (131199)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Melongena consors (60662)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Melongena consors (96500 97692)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Melongena consors (58869 74915)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Melongena consors (75042)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Melongena consors (75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Melongena consors (133223 133224 133227)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Melongena consors (134670 134673)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Melongena consors (79710)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Melongena consors (61309)