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Melanatria markleyensis

Gastropoda - Pachychilidae

Taxonomy
Thiara (Melanoides) markleyensis was named by Clark (1938). Its type specimen is UCMP 30891, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP A1297, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Markley Formation of California.

It was recombined as Melanatria markleyensis by Squires (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Thiara (Melanoides) markleyensis Clark p. 706 figs. Plate 3, figures 24, 30
1999Melanatria markleyensis Squires p. 14 figs. Figures 15 - 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyPachychilidaeTroschel 1857
genusMelanatriaBowdich 1822
speciesmarkleyensis()

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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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 10:14:09
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:14:09
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Melanatria markleyensis (210286 210287)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Thiara markleyensis (type locality: 191188)