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Odostomia (Megastomia)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Odostomia (Megastomia) Eames p. 58
2002Megastomia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderPylopulmonataTeasdale 2017
superfamilyPyramidelloidea(Gray 1840)
familyPyramidellidaeGray 1840
genusOdostomiaFleming 1817
subgenusMegastomia

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:35:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:35:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Megastomia sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Odostomia conjungens (22931)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Megastomia hordeola, Megastomia sp. (27018)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Odostomia infrasubcarinata (183818 183845)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Megastomia sp., Megastomia pyramidellata, Megastomia modesta (8125) Megastomia sp., Megastomia wetherelli, Megastomia pervicina, Megastomia nana, Megastomia modesta, Megastomia minor, Megastomia hordeola, Megastomia deshayesi (8124)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Odostomia tuexeni (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Odostomia tuexeni (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Odostomia tuexeni (62899 62903 62933 62937 62940 62954 62957 62960 63025)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Odostomia tuexeni, Odostomia sp. (111599)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Odostomia pallidaeformis, Odostomia tuexeni (61895 61901 61903) Odostomia pallidaeformis, Odostomia tuexeni, Odostomia sp. 1 (61898) Odostomia tuexeni (61896 61899 61900 61904 61906 61907 62867 62886 62888 62889) Odostomia tuexeni, Odostomia sp. 1 (61897 62885) Odostomia tuexeni, Odostomia sp. 1, Odostomia sp. 3 (61905) Odostomia tuexeni, Odostomia sp. 2 (61902)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Odostomia tuexeni (98312)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mayotte Megastomia sp. (209864)