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Mellopegma schizocheras Vendrasco, Porter, Kouchinsky & C. Z. Fernandez, 2011 †
1424552 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1424552)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Vendrasco M.J., Kouchinsky A., Porter S.M., Fernandez Ch.Z. (2011). Phylogeny and escalation in Mellopegma and other Cambrian molluscs. <em>Paleontologia Electronica.</em> 14(2): 1-44.
page(s): 9, figs. 7.1-2, 8-9 [details] Available for editors
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Note Australia, Gowers Formation in the Thorntonia...
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Type locality Australia, Gowers Formation in the Thorntonia region of the Georgina Basin [details]
Etymology From the Greek schizo, to split or cleave, and cheras, silt. The small, blade-like shape of this species would have allowed...
Etymology From the Greek schizo, to split or cleave, and cheras, silt. The small, blade-like shape of this species would have allowed it to easily navigate (or slice) through interstitial sedimen [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mellopegma schizocheras Vendrasco, Porter, Kouchinsky & C. Z. Fernandez, 2011 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1424552 on 2025-09-12
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Vendrasco M.J., Kouchinsky A., Porter S.M., Fernandez Ch.Z. (2011). Phylogeny and escalation in Mellopegma and other Cambrian molluscs. <em>Paleontologia Electronica.</em> 14(2): 1-44.
page(s): 9, figs. 7.1-2, 8-9 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Parkhaev, P. Y. (2019). The Cambrian molluscs of Australia: overview of taxonomy, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography [In Russian]. <em>Stratigrafiya. Geologicheskaya Korrelyatsiya.</em> 27(2): 52-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.31857/s0869-592x27252-79 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Peel, J. S.; ; Kouchinsky, A.;. (2022). Middle Cambrian (Miaolingian Series, Wuliuan Stage) molluscs and mollusc-like microfossils from North Greenland (Laurentia). <em>Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark.</em> 70: 69-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.37570/bgsd-2022-70-06
page(s): 93, figs. 14A–F, H–J, M–O [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 9, figs. 7.1-2, 8-9 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Parkhaev, P. Y. (2019). The Cambrian molluscs of Australia: overview of taxonomy, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography [In Russian]. <em>Stratigrafiya. Geologicheskaya Korrelyatsiya.</em> 27(2): 52-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.31857/s0869-592x27252-79 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Peel, J. S.; ; Kouchinsky, A.;. (2022). Middle Cambrian (Miaolingian Series, Wuliuan Stage) molluscs and mollusc-like microfossils from North Greenland (Laurentia). <em>Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark.</em> 70: 69-104., available online at https://doi.org/10.37570/bgsd-2022-70-06
page(s): 93, figs. 14A–F, H–J, M–O [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology From the Greek schizo, to split or cleave, and cheras, silt. The small, blade-like shape of this species would have allowed it to easily navigate (or slice) through interstitial sedimen [details]Type locality Australia, Gowers Formation in the Thorntonia region of the Georgina Basin [details]
