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Melongena incornuta

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)115010https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=115010
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Melongenidae : Melongena : Melongena incornuta
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 incornuta(Hözl 1962)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Melongena incornutaspeciesbelongs to Galeodesstated with evidenceHözl, 1962
Melongena incornutaspeciesbelongs to Melongenastated with evidenceHarzhauser and Mandic, 2001
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Melongenidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Melongenidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Harzhauser and O. Mandic. 2001. Late Oligocene gastropods and bivalves from the Lower and Upper Austrian Molasse Basin. Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Komimissionen 14:671-795

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1962Galeodes incornutus Hözl p. 173 figs. pl. 10, figs. 1, 1a
2001Melongena incornuta Harzhauser and Mandic p. 710

References

Harzhauser M., Mandic O. (2001) Late Oligocene gastropods and bivalves from the Lower and Upper Austrian Molasse Basin, Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Komimissionen 14, 671-795
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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