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Merelina

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Description

Merelina is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Lironobidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merelina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2299540	https://www.gbif.org/species/2299540
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10116	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10116

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Lironobidae : Merelina

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Rissoidae : Merelina

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
-	Discopoda
superfamily	Rissooidea	Gray 1847
family	Rissoidae	Gray 1847
genus	Merelina	Iredale 1915

Scientific Name

Merelina Iredale, 1915

Name Published In

Trans. N. Zealand Inst., 47

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Merelina	genus	belongs to Rissoidae	stated with evidence	Ladd, 1966
Merelina	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (67%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 19.0 Ma
Miocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Rissoidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Rissoidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merelina

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Merelina (Merelina) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		5	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Merelina avita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina cancellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina cheilostoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina cochleata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina compacta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina coronata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina crassissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina crispulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina crosseaformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina effodita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina foliata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina harrisonae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina hirta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina kaawaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina kaawensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina lacunosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina lordhowensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina lyalliana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina manawatawhia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina maoriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina norfolkensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina pagodiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina paupereques species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina petronella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina pisinna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina plaga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina queenslandica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina rubiginosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina saginata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	21.7 Ma Miocene	21.7 Ma Miocene
Merelina superba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina taupoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina telkibana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina tokunagai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina tricarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina waiotemarama species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merelina waitangiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Mereliniopsis Ponder, 1967	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Lironobidae : *Mereliniopsis*
Promerelina Powell, 1926	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Lironobidae : *Promerelina*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1915	Merelina Iredale p. 449
1966	Merelina Ladd p. 62
2002	Merelina Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Ladd H. S. (1966) Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531, 1-98

Ponder W. F. (1985) A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221. [12 February 1985] - via World Register of Marine Species

Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. - via World Register of Marine Species

Criscione F. & Ponder W.F. (2011) A review of the Recent Australian species of Merelina Iredale, 1915 (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae). Molluscan Research 31(2): 65-84. - via World Register of Marine Species

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Trans. N. Zealand Inst., 47 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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