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Pseudomelania
Taxonomy
Pseudomelania was named by Pictet and Campiche (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis K Ceno Sepkoski's reference number: 119,157].
It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pseudomelaniidae by Kase (1984), Kaim (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pseudomelaniidae by Kase (1984), Kaim (2004), Bouchet et al. (2005).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. abbreviata, P. aitkeni, P. albensis, P. aspasia, P. basicostata, P. calloviensis, P. clathrata, P. clio, P. collisa, P. conica, P. conica, P. deslongchampsi, P. dietrichi, P. dietrichi, P. dusseensis, P. elegantula, P. erope, P. ferrata, P. gappi, P. germani, P. globosa, P. gresslyi, P. heddingtonensis, P. hendricksoni, P. jaccardi, P. kidugalloensis, P. lachryma, P. laeviuscula, P. laubeana, P. leptomorpha, P. lineata, P. lineata, P. longiscata, P. niortensis, P. procera, P. quenstedti, P. raabi, P. remtsaensis, P. repeliniana, P. requieniana, P. roanokana, P. saharica, P. subglobosa, P. sutherlandii, P. turgidula, P. urgonensis, P. variata, P. vittata, P. wilderriensis, P. wilderriensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Pseudomelania Pictet and Campiche |
| 1984 | Pseudomelania Kase p. 107 |
| 2002 | Pseudomelania Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Pseudomelania Kaim p. 97 |
| 2005 | Pseudomelania Bouchet et al. p. 144 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Pseudomelania Pictet and Campiche 1862
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Subg. †Pseudomelania (Oonia)
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†Oonia incrassata Kittl 1899
†Oonia pennina Parona 1892
†Oonia texta Kittl 1899
†Pseudomelania (Oonia) grossouvrei Cossmann 1899
†Pseudomelania (Oonia) limneiformis Cossmann 1885
†Pseudomelania (Oonia) similis Münster 1841
Invalid names: Pseudomelania (Eligmoloxus) Cossmann 1885 [synonym]
Subg. †Pseudomelania (Rhabdoconcha)
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†Pseudomelania (Rhabdoconcha) spirastriata Wang 1977
†Rhabdoconcha brongniarti Klipstein 1843
†Rhabdoconcha triadica Kittl 1894
†Pseudomelania aonis Kittl 1894
†Pseudomelania colusaensis Anderson 1958
†Pseudomelania feruglioi Ferrari 2013
†Pseudomelania frankei Kuhn 1936
†Pseudomelania gaudryi Kittl 1894
†Pseudomelania goniophana Kittl 1900
†Pseudomelania hagenowi Klipstein 1843
†Pseudomelania miles Kittl 1894
†Pseudomelania muensteri Wissmann 1841
†Pseudomelania paucispira Kaim 2004
†Pseudomelania salenasensis Rennie 1929
†Pseudomelania subsimilis Kittl 1894
†Pseudomelania subterebra Kittl 1894
†Pseudomelania subula Kittl 1894
†Pseudomelania trochiformis Piette 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 26 | 13.5 | 4.70 | 36.0 | 15.0 | 6.98 |
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Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 274.40000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections (357 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Permian | USA (Alaska) | P. sp. (112199) | |
| Roadian | USA (Texas) | P. sp. a (108822) | |
| Roadian | USA (Wyoming) | P. sp. (108913) | |
| Roadian - Capitanian | USA (Texas) | P. sp. b (108835) | |
| Anisian | Poland | Rhabdoconcha fritschi (63538) | |
| Anisian | India (Himachal Pradesh) | P. sp. (206206) | |
| Middle Triassic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Rhabdoconcha sp. (206736) | |
| Longobardian | Italy (Trentino) | P. subsimilis (44953) | |
| Longobardian | Italy | P. subsimilis (236003) | |
| Julian | Italy | Melania subtortilis, Turritella subcarinata, Phasianella muensteri, Melania similis (137429) Oonia miles (69662 69677 69678 69687) Oonia miles, Oonia similis (69665) Oonia miles, P. hagenowi (69661) Oonia miles, P. muensteri (69669) P. aonis (144633) P. miles, P. hagenowi (34692) P. muensteri (69659 69668 69670) P. sp., P. muensteri (69658) P. sp., P. subsimilis, Rhabdoconcha triadica, Rhabdoconcha schaeferi, P. aonis, P. miles, P. muensteri, P. similis, P. subtortilis (144631) P. subterebra, P. subula, P. gaudryi, P. aonis, P. hagenowi (144634) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Late/Upper Albian | Sweden (Halland) | P. laubeana (38722) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | P. basicostata (2120) P. ferrata (6551) P. roanokana (4642 6509) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Angola | P. salenasensis (210983) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Montana) | P. hendricksoni (168055) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | P. sp. (44164) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | Nigeria | P. sp. (210159) | |
| Coniacian | USA (California) | P. colusaensis (44233 44235) | |
| Early/Lower Santonian | USA (California) | P. colusaensis (158104) | |
| Santonian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | P. sutherlandii (47109) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | New Zealand (Southland) | P. sp. (50787) | |