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Sincola (Dorsina) melajoensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Strombina melajoensis was named by Jung (1969). Its type specimen is USNM 645493, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Sincola (Dorsina) melajoensis by Jung (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Strombina melajoensis Jung p. 507 figs. pl. 53, figs. 12, 13
1989Sincola (Dorsina) melajoensis Jung p. 249

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusSincolaOlsson and Harbison 1953
subgenusDorsinaJung 1989
speciesmelajoensis(Jung 1969)

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
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