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Pachymelania

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Taxonomy
Pachymelania was named by White (1895).

It was assigned to Thiaridae by Kosnik (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Pachymelania White
2002Pachymelania Kosnik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyThiaridaeTroschel 1857
genusPachymelaniaWhite 1895

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. †Pachymelania White 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:14:32
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:14:32
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Thanetian or 100.50000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) P. sp. (87568)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria (Upper Austria) P. sp. (224482)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) P. sp. (6137)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) P. sp. (4541 4543 4574 4576 4577 4578 4583 4588 4589 4590 4607 4616)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) P. sp. (4263)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) P. sp. (4126)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) P. sp. (4435)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Iraq P. islamogluae (151895)