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Pseudomelania (Oonia)

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Eligmoloxus Cossmann
1894Pseudomelania (Oonia) Kittl p. 172
1938Eligmoloxus Wenz p. 375
2002Eligmoloxus Sepkoski
2002Oonia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusPseudomelania
subgenusOonia

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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Oonia incrassata Kittl 1899
Oonia pennina Parona 1892
Oonia subtortilis Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Melania pupa Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Oonia texta Kittl 1899
Invalid names: Pseudomelania (Eligmoloxus) Cossmann 1885 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height615.19.2021.516.54.62

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Aptian or 235.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) Oonia similis (203197) Oonia subtortilis (203199)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (South Tyrol) Oonia similis (205149)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Melania subtortilis, Melania similis (137429) Oonia miles (69661 69662 69669 69677 69678 69687) Oonia miles, Oonia similis (69665) Pseudomelania similis, Pseudomelania subtortilis (144631)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Peru Oonia subtortilis (68096)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Hungary Oonia sp. (28944)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Pseudomelania globosa (29228 29230)
Early/Lower Hettangian - Middle Jurassic201.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Pseudomelania globosa (29229)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Italy Pseudomelania turgidula, Pseudomelania erope (80016)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Hungary Oonia pennina (151885)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Hungary Oonia pennina (108961)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Spain (Alicante ) Oonia pennina (130881)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Portugal (Coimbra) Oonia sp. (211003 211004 211005 211006 211033 211035 211036 211037 211038 211039)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain Pseudomelania sp. (25775 26144 26149 26151 26386 26388 26391)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Teruel) Oonia sp. (211196 211201 211202 211203 211206)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Pseudomelania sp. (204056 204105)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Oxfordian171.6 - 155.7Romania (Brasov) Pseudomelania subglobosa, Pseudomelania variata (81442)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Poland Oonia acutovata (58233)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1India Pseudomelania conica (67667 67669)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India Pseudomelania saharica (67394 67395 67396) Pseudomelania sp. (61674 61885 68593)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian166.1 - 152.1Tunisia Pseudomelania saharica (99126) Pseudomelania saharica, Pseudomelania remtsaensis (99125)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Tunisia Pseudomelania remtsaensis (100390)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Pseudomelania subglobosa (68076 68077)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Tanzania Pseudomelania dietrichi (35573)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Trinidad and Tobago Oonia trinidadensis (1868)