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Metamelon inermis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Metamelon inermis was named by Finlay (1926) [Age: Duntroonian-Waitakian (Oligocene) Further information in Beu and Maxwell (1990) [A. Hendy]].

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Metamelon inermis Finlay

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyZidoninaeAdams and A 1853
genusMetamelonMarwick 1926
speciesinermisFinlay 1926

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.

Metamelon inermis Finlay 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available