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Melanatria beldingi

Gastropoda - Pachychilidae

Taxonomy
Melanatria beldingi was named by Etayo-Serna (1979). Its type specimen is UCMP 14737, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP C-14091, Manantial, which is in a Selandian paralic sandstone in the Manantial Formation of Colombia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. cretacea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Melanatria beldingi Etayo-Serna p. 29 figs. Pl 1, fig 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPachychilidaeTroschel 1857
genusMelanatriaBowdich 1822
speciesbeldingi

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.

†Melanatria beldingi Etayo-Serna 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available