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Melania fragilis

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Taxonomy
Melania fragilis was named by Lamarck (1804). 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. milkensis, M. penoti, M. terebriformis, M. whiteavsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Melania fragilis Lamarck p. 433 figs. Pl 18, fig 15; pl 44, fig 17
1825Melania fragilis Deshayes p. 112 figs. Pl 13, figs 6,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyThiaridaeTroschel 1857
subfamilyThiarinaeMorrison 1954
genusMelaniaRöding 1798
speciesfragilis

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.

†Melania fragilis Lamarck 1804
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available