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Mellopegma chelata

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Stenothecidae

Taxonomy
Anabarella chelata was named by Skovsted (2006). Its type specimen is USNM 530265, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is CS990917-03, which is in a Dyeran offshore shelf limestone in the Emigrant Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Mellopegma chelata by Peel and Kouchinsky (2022).

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-09-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Anabarella chelata Skovsted pp. 489 - 491 fig. 2A–2E
2022Mellopegma chelata Peel and Kouchinsky pp. 95 - 96 fig. 5B–D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderHelcionellida
familyStenothecidae
genusMellopegma
specieschelata()

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.

Mellopegma chelata Skovsted 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-09-24 14:16:38
Modified: 2010-05-17 04:48:53
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Wuliuan or 515.30000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Nevada) Anabarella chelata (64481 type locality: 64521 64556 172787 199533)
Wuliuan506.5 - 504.5Greenland Mellopegma chelata (279803)