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Melanella coalingana ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9196885	https://www.gbif.org/species/9196885
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	369780	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=369780

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Eulimidae : Melanella : Melanella coalingana

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Eulimidae : Melanella : Melanella coalingana

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
superfamily	Vanikoroidea	Gray 1840
family	Eulimidae	Philippi 1853
genus	Melanella	Bowdich 1822
species	Melanella coalingana	Vokes 1939

Generic Name

Melanella

Scientific Name

Melanella coalingana Vokes, 1939

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Melanella coalingana	species	belongs to Melanella	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1939

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Eulimidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Eulimidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. E. Vokes. 1939. Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38:1-246

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1939	Melanella coalingana Vokes p. 178 figs. plate 22, fig. 17

References

Vokes H. E. (1939) Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38, 1-246

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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