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Spinomelon

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Spinomelon was named by Marwick (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u T Plio-u Sepkoski's reference number: 728,899].

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
S. enysi, S. mira, S. parki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Spinomelon Marwick
1989Spinomelon Darragh p. 237
2002Spinomelon 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
genusSpinomelonMarwick 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. †Spinomelon Marwick 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Altonian or 37.20000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) S. allani (45037 45041)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand S. benitens (67864) S. benitens, S. sp. (67857) S. parki (67598)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (Central Otago) S. sp. (35116) S. speighti (35126 35128)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand S. mira (67823) S. parki (67827)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand S. enysi (67899) S. mira (67896) S. parki (67900 67911)