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Littorina (Melaraphe)

Gastropoda - Littorinidae

Taxonomy
Littorina (Melaraphe) was named by Mühlfeld (1828). It is extant.

It was reranked as Melaraphe by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Littorina by Marquet (1997) and Vera-Peláez et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Littorina (Melaraphe) Mühlfeld
1997Littorina (Melaraphe) Marquet p. 12
2002Melaraphe Sepkoski
2004Littorina (Melaraphe) Vera-Peláez et al. p. 257

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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)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyLittorinidaeGray 1840
genusLittorinaFerussac 1821
subgenusMelarapheMühlfeld 1828

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.

Subg. Littorina (Melaraphe) Mühlfeld 1828
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Littorina (Melaraphe) gibbosa Etheridge and Bell 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:51:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:51:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) Littorina bernayi (179130)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) Littorina obtusangula (9180)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Littorina gibbosa (76982) Littorina suboperta (76984)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium Littorina suboperta (76985)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Melaraphe unifasciata (63207)