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Melanella
Taxonomy
Melanella was named by Bowdich (1822) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 123,1248]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Melanellidae by Wenz (1938), Durham (1944) and Harris and Palmer (1947); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eulimidae by Wilson (1993), Todd (2001), Stilwell et al. (2004), Darragh (2017) and Devries (2019).
It was assigned to Melanellidae by Wenz (1938), Durham (1944) and Harris and Palmer (1947); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eulimidae by Wilson (1993), Todd (2001), Stilwell et al. (2004), Darragh (2017) and Devries (2019).
Species
M. (Melanella), M. (Polygyreulima), M. acuella, M. arnoldi, M. badenia, M. bolivarensis, M. coalingana, M. conoidea, M. dufresnei, M. eborea, M. fossilis, M. indicaformis, M. jacksonensis, M. jamaicensis, M. kaiparaensis, M. karsteni, M. migrans, M. seymourensis, M. thersites (syn. Balcis (Vitreolina) ebriconus, Balcis (Vitreolina) incallida), M. waikomitica
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1822 | Melanella Bowdich p. 120 |
| 1938 | Melanella Wenz p. 834 |
| 1944 | Melanella Durham p. 156 |
| 1947 | Melanella Harris and Palmer p. 223 |
| 1993 | Melanella Wilson p. 286 |
| 2001 | Melanella Todd |
| 2002 | Melanella Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Melanella Stilwell et al. p. 36 |
| 2017 | Melanella Darragh p. 57 |
| 2019 | Melanella Devries p. 23 |
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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. Melanella Bowdich 1822
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Subg. †Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich 1822
†Melanella acuella Anderson and Hanna 1925
†Melanella arnoldi Bartsch 1917
†Melanella badenia Laws 1939
†Melanella bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Melanella coalingana Vokes 1939
Melanella conoidea Kurtz and Stimpson 1851
†Melanella dufresnei Bowdich 1822
†Melanella eborea Conrad 1846
†Melanella fossilis Bartsch 1918
†Melanella indicaformis Devries 2019
†Melanella jacksonensis de Gregorio 1890
Melanella jamaicensis Adams 1845
†Melanella kaiparaensis Laws 1939
†Melanella karsteni Anderson 1928
†Melanella migrans Conrad 1846
†Melanella seymourensis Stilwell et al. 2004
Melanella thersites Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Balcis (Vitreolina) ebriconus Berry 1954 [synonym], Balcis (Vitreolina) incallida Berry 1954 [synonym]
†Melanella waikomitica Laws 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma
Collections (146 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danian | Belgium | M. levis, M. vicina (22931) | |
| Danian | Poland | M. vicina (27625) | |
| Danian | Denmark | M. sp. (176994) | |
| Danian | USA (Alabama) | M. sp. (83297) | |
| Danian | USA (Texas) | M. sp. (98701) | |
| Selandian | Denmark | Polygyreulima solidula (35263 35264 35265 35266 35267) | |
| Thanetian | USA (Louisiana) | M. wheeleri (173476) | |
| Ypresian | Peru | M. indicaformis (205241 205242 205244) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | M. coalingana (122294) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Texas) | M. extremis, M. spp. (83950) M. notata (7789) M. notata, M. minutissima (7788 84337) M. wheeleri (91845) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | M. sp. (3267 8025) | |
| Eocene | Colombia | M. karsteni (88281) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | M. convexiuscula, M. sororcula, M. sulculata, M. sowerbyi (8124) M. sowerbyi (8125) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | M. acuella (166458) | |
| Lutetian | France (Centre) | M. dautzenbergi, M. eichwaldi (178085) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | M. extremis, M. spp. (205520) M. minutissima, M. notata (205533) M. sp. (205421) | |
| Lutetian | France | M. nitida (171526) M. subemarginata (94590) | |
| Lutetian - Priabonian | USA (Mississippi) | M. jacksonensis (1293 1423 1434) | |
| Bortonian | New Zealand | M. sp. (64736) | |
| Bartonian | Colombia (Bolivar) | M. bolivarensis (3312) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Texas) | M. extremis (205480) M. sp. (205266 205422 205430 205481 205531) M. spp. (205267) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | M. jacksonensis (92177 92393 99675 164232) M. sp. (99734 99735) M. sp., M. jacksonensis (205526) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | M. spp. (205489) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | M. jacksonensis (1413) M. sp. (44518) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Washington) | M. sp. (91606) | |
| Priabonian | Australia (Western Australia) | M. sp. (205816) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Mississippi) | M. jacksonensis (6802) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | New Zealand (Canterbury) | M. sp. E (45037) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Mississippi) | M. amnicreta (5501) M. postnotata, M. amnicreta (5612) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene | Haiti | M. cercadica (173459) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Hungary | M. naumanni (41532) | |
| Aquitanian | France | M. similis, M. subbrevis (74861) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India | M. grandis (72033) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (New Jersey) | Eulima eborea (92763) M. retrocita (59335) | |
| Otaian | New Zealand (Auckland) | Balcis waikomitica, Balcis badenia, Balcis kaiparaensis (84915) | |
| Burdigalian | Italy | M. polita (178108) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany | M. alba (111599) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Delaware) | M. eborea, M. migrans (18579) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand | M. sp. (67897) | |
| Langhian | Germany | M. glabella (178468 178469) | |
| Langhian | Italy | M. polita (178116) | |
| Middle Miocene | Trinidad and Tobago | M. sp. (74920) | |
| Badenian | Austria | M. sp. (74656) M. subulata (74654) | |
| Badenian | Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) | M. jepiana, M. jickelii, M. spina, M. korytnicensis, M. montilysensis, M. sanctacrucensis (38823) | |
| Tortonian | Dominican Republic | M. tethyos, M. maoica, M. cercadica (58817) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Dominican Republic | M. cercadica (58875) | |
| Messinian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | M. sp. (135816) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador | M. sp. (131332) | |
| Zanclean | Italy (Asti) | M. alba (86305) | |
| Pliocene | India | M. grandis (77658) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Florida) | M. bartschi (59485 59487) M. bartschi, M. magnoliana (59484) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | M. thersites (200398) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | United Kingdom (England) | Eulima intermedia (84819) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | M. sp. (118257) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (South Carolina) | M. magnoliana (60937) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Emilia-Romagna) | M. polita (178117) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (California) | M. thersites (186031) | |
| Gelasian | Italy | M. alba (178457) | |
| Gelasian | USA (North Carolina) | Balcis eborea (71138) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Balcis eborea (58897) M. conoidea (60986) M. conoidea, M. intermedia (60988 60989) M. sp. (60987) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (California) | Balcis thersites (202496) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | M. polita (78312) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | M. conoidea, M. locklini (79331) M. sp. (41497) M. sp. A, M. sp. B (61309) M. spp. (41501) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (North Carolina) | M. conoidea (211183) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Antarctica | M. sp. (48434) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Balcis thersites (96590 96592) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New Jersey) | M. intermedia (66618) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | M. thersites (201624) | |
| Quaternary | USA (California) | Balcis arnoldi (37940) Balcis thersites (37933 37939 37947) | |
| Calabrian | USA (Florida) | M. calkinsi, M. spp. (41705) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Balcis thersites (202494 203113 203114) Balcis thersites, Balcis incallida, Balcis ebriconus (203118) M. arnoldi (222663) M. thersites (138723) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Balcis intermedia (67069) M. sp. A (61310) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | M. polita (127636) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | M. sp. A (61311) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | M. conoidea (60930 66758 66760) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | M. falcata, M. hastata (96867) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Balcis thersites (96566 160361) M. hastata (96895) M. sp. (59063) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico | Balcis thersites (52347) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | M. incurva (127595) M. polita (127599) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Balcis thersites (96591) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Uruguay | M. sp. (195933) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | M. intermedia (66742) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (New York) | M. intermedia (81751) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | M. thaanumi (88886) | |
| Holocene | USA (Mississippi) | M. sp. (92524) | |
| Holocene | USA (Louisiana) | Balcis jamaicensis (41936 92775) |