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Melongena orthacantha ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8451539https://www.gbif.org/species/8451539
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)164552https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=164552
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Melongenidae : Melongena : Melongena orthacantha
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Melongenidae : Melongena : Melongena orthacantha
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
subfamilyMelongeninae
genusMelongenaSchumacher 1817
speciesMelongena orthacanthaPilsbry & Johnson 1917
Generic NameMelongena
Scientific NameMelongena orthacantha Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Melongena orthacanthaspeciesbelongs to Melongenastated with evidencePilsbry and Johnson, 1922
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Motilityactively mobile (based on Melongenidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Melongenidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. P. Woodring. 1964. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Columbellidae to Volutidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(C):241-297

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1917Melongena orthacantha Pilsbry and Johnson p. 348 figs. pl. 28, figs. 13-16
1922Melongena orthacantha Pilsbry and Johnson p. 348 figs. pl. 28, figs. 13-16
1964Melongena orthacantha Woodring p. 274
2010Melongena orthacantha Landau and Marques da Silva p. 78

References

Woodring W. P. (1964) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Columbellidae to Volutidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 C, 241-297
Landau B., Marques da Silva C. (2010) Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy, Palaeontos 19, 1-221
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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