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Miomelon philippiana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Volutilithes philippiana was named by Dall (1890) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Chile.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Adelomelon (Miomelon).

It was recombined as Adelomelon (Miomelon) philippiana by Dall (1907); it was recombined as Miomelon philippiana by Nielsen and Frassinetti (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Volutilithes philippiana Dall
1907Adelomelon (Miomelon) philippiana Dall
2007Miomelon philippiana Nielsen and Frassinetti p. 93

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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
genusMiomelon(Dall 1907)
speciesphilippiana(Dall 1890)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available