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Merica promensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Merica promensis was named by Vredenburg (1921) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Miocene; Myanmar.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Thanga (Kama stage), which is in an Aquitanian marine horizon in the Kama Formation of Myanmar.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. kaiparaensis, M. pukeuriensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Merica promensis Vredenburg p. 138

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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
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusMericaLamarck 1799
speciespromensis

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.

†Merica promensis Vredenburg 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available