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Rissoina (Rissoina) cochlearella

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Melania cochlearella was named by Lamarck (1804) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Defrance collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

It was recombined as Rissoina (Zebinella) cochlearella by Cossmann (1900); it was recombined as Rissoina (Rissoina) cochlearella by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Melania cochlearella Lamarck p. 432 figs. Pl 18, fig 14
1825Melania cochlearella Deshayes p. 117 figs. Pl 14, figs 13-17
1900Rissoina (Zebinella) cochlearella Cossmann pp. 339-340
1995Rissoina (Rissoina) cochlearella Pacaud and Le Renard

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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
genusRissoinad'Orbigny 1840
subgenusRissoinad'Orbigny 1840
speciescochlearella()

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
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Rissoina cochlearella (3258)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Melania cochlearella (184110) Rissoina cochlearella (171526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Rissoina cochlearella (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) Rissoina cochlearella (179130)