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Mioawateria

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae

Taxonomy
Mioawateria was named by Vella (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u Q Plei Sepkoski's reference number: 899]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Daphnellinae by Wienrich and Janssen (2007); and to Raphitomidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Mioawateria Vella p. 552 figs. pl. 26, fig. 18
2002Mioawateria Sepkoski
2007Mioawateria Wienrich and Janssen p. 713
2011Mioawateria Bouchet et al. p. 286

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyRaphitomidaeBellardi 1875
genusMioawateriaVella 1954

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. †Mioawateria Vella 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Waiauan to the top of the Castlecliffian or 13.05000 to 0.34000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) M. andersoni (62899 62903 62933 62939)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) M. andersoni (61895 61903 62887 62888 62889)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand M. personata (63089 63090)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand M. aitanga (178190)