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Metamelon

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Metamelon was named by Marwick (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 728,899]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Zidoninae by Darragh (1989); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
M. inermis
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. minima

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Metamelon Marwick
1989Metamelon Darragh p. 237
2002Metamelon Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyZidoninaeAdams and A 1853
genusMetamelonMarwick 1926

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. †Metamelon Marwick 1926
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†Metamelon inermis Finlay 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available