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Melanopsis ancillaroides

Gastropoda - Melanopsidae

Taxonomy
Melanopsis ancillaroides was named by Deshayes (1824).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes
1938Melanopsis ancillaroides Traub p. 76 figs. Pl 6, figs 8a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyMelanopsidae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusMelanopsisFérussac 1807
speciesancillaroidesDeshayes 1824

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.

Melanopsis ancillaroides Deshayes 1824
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:13:46
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:13:46
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 59.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) Melanopsis ancillaroides (84335)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Melanopsis ancillaroides (27018 27019 27020)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Melanopsis ancillaroides (75329 75331 75332 75337 75342 75343 75346 75347 75348 75351 75352 75354 75356 75357 75359 75370 75371 75391 75406 75410 75412 75413 75414 184271)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Melanopsis ancillaroides (39662)