Pseudomelania
| Pseudomelania | |
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| Pseudomelania elegantula | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Pseudomelanoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelaniidae |
| Genus: | †Pseudomelania Pictet and Campiche, 1862 |
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†Pseudomelania is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelaniidae.
In 2012, a new species, P. feruglioi, was described from the Early Jurassic period, (late Pliensbachian-early Toarcian) of Argentina by S. Mariel Ferrari.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Pseudomelania include:
- Pseudomelania feruglioi Ferrari, 2012
- Pseudomelania gracilis Mansuy, 1914
- Pseudomelania (Hudlestoniella) gubleri Delpey, 1941
References
- ↑ S. Mariel Ferrari (2012)."New Early Jurassic gastropods from west-central Patagonia, Argentina". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica in press. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0090.
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