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Diastoma costellatum

Gastropoda - Diastomatidae

Taxonomy
Melania costellata was named by Lamarck (1804) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; France.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

It was recombined as Diastoma costellata by Fuchs (1870); it was recombined as Diastoma costellatum by Harzhauser (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Melania costellata Lamarck p. 430 figs. Pl 19, fig 1
1825Melania costellata Deshayes p. 113 figs. Pl 12, figs 5,6,9,10
1870Diastoma costellata Fuchs p. 164
2004Diastoma costellatum Harzhauser p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyDiastomatidae(Cossmann 1894)
genusDiastomaDeshayes 1850
speciescostellatum()

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.

†Diastoma costellatum Lamarck 1804
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:17:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:17:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 47.80000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Diastoma costellatum (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Diastoma costellatum (171526) Melania costellata (184107)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) Diastoma costellatum (178083)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Diastoma costellatum (141924 142111)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Diastoma costellatum (78567)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Diastoma costellata (10703)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Diastoma costellatum (78565)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy Diastoma costellatum (81044)