| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Stenothecidae : Mellopegma : Mellopegma georginensis |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Stenothecidae : Mellopegma : Mellopegma georginensis |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Mellopegma |
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| Scientific Name | Mellopegma georginensis Runnegar & Jell, 1976 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Mellopegma georginensis | species | belongs to Mellopegma | stated with evidence | Runnegar and Jell, 1976 | | Mellopegma georginensis | species | belongs to Mellopegma | stated without evidence | Landing et al., 2002 | | Mellopegma georginensis | species | belongs to Mellopegma | stated with evidence | Vendrasco et al., 2010 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 507 - 501 Ma
Cambrian |
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| Motility | stationary (based on Stenothecidae) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Stenothecidae) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Stenothecidae) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Runnegar and P.A. Jell. 1976. Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution. Alcheringa 1(1/2):109-132 |
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| Runnegar B., Jell P.A. (1976) Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution, Alcheringa 1 1/2, 109-132 |
| Landing E., Geyer G., et al (2002) Latest Early Cambrian small shelly fossils, trilobites and Hatch Hill dysaerobic interval on the Québec contental slope, Journal of Paleontology 76 2, 287-305 |
| Vendrasco M. J., Porter S. M., et al (2010) New data on molluscs and their shell microstructures from the Middle Cambrian Gowers Formation, Australia, Palaeontology 53 1, 97-135 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00922.x |
| Vendrasco M. J., Kouchinsky A. V., et al (2011) Phylogeny and escalation in Mellopegma and other Cambrian molluscs, Palaeontologia Electronica 14 2, 11A1-44 |
| Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database |
Mellopegma georginensis ✝
