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Melanoides tuberculata

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Taxonomy
Nerita tuberculata was named by Müller (1774). It is extant.

It was recombined as Melanoides tuberculata by Peters (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1774Nerita tuberculata Müller
1990Melanoides tuberculata Peters p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyThiaridaeTroschel 1857
subfamilyThiarinaeMorrison 1954
genusMelanoidesOlivier 1804
speciestuberculata(Müller 1774)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:14:32
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:14:32
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Melanoides tuberculata (38060)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda Melanoides tuberculata (192070)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Granada) Melanoides tuberculata (35254 35256)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Melanoides tuberculata (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Melanoides tuberculata (83303 83304)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Melanoides tuberculata (194169)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Melanoides tuberculata (22067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Melanoides tuberculata (208787)