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Zebina (Morchiella)

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Morchiella was named by Thiele (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Zebina (Morchiella) by Ladd (1966) and Ladd (1982).

It was assigned to Zebina by Ladd (1966) and Ladd (1982); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Morchiella Thiele
1966Zebina (Morchiella) Ladd p. 65
1982Zebina (Morchiella) Ladd p. 29
2002Morchiella 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)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyRissoidaeGray 1847
genusZebinaAdams and Adams 1854
subgenusMorchiella(Thiele 1925)

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. Zebina (Morchiella) Thiele 1925
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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 07:55:20
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:55:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Marshall Islands Zebina killeblebana (77978 77987)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Zebina supracostata (78043)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Marshall Islands Zebina cooperi (43321)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Zebina cooperi (43306)