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Melanella coalingana

Gastropoda - Eulimidae

Taxonomy
Melanella coalingana was named by Vokes (1939). Its type specimen is UCMP 15873 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 1817, Urruttia Canyon-Salt Creek, which is in a Ypresian deep-water shale in the Lodo Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Melanella coalingana Vokes p. 178 figs. plate 22, fig. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyVanikoroideaGray 1840
familyEulimidaePhilippi 1853
genusMelanellaBowdich 1822
speciescoalingana

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Melanella coalingana Vokes 1939
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Diagnosis
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