''Fedaiella'' is an extinct
genus
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of
sea snail
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, a
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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in the
family
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Fedaiellidae, within the clade
Neritimorpha
Neritimorpha is a clade of gastropod molluscs that contains around 2,000 extant species of sea snails, limpets, freshwater snails, land snails and slugs. This clade used to be known as the superorder Neritopsina.
Etymology
The clade’s name, N ...
.
Species
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Fedaiella beneckei'' † Böhm 1895
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Fedaiella cuccensis'' † Kittl 1894
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Fedaiella elongata'' † Münster 1841
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Fedaiella fastosa'' † Stoppani 1857
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Fedaiella ingens'' † Kittl 1894
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Fedaiella lemniscata'' † Hoernes 1856
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Fedaiella meriani'' † Hoernes 1856
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Fedaiella monstrum'' † Stoppani 1857
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Fedaiella neritacea'' † Münster 1841
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Fedaiella prolixa'' † Stoppani 1857
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Fedaiella retropunctata'' † Stoppani 1857
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Fedaiella stoppanii'' † Marini 1896
Distribution
Fossils of ''Fedaiella'' are found in the marine strata of the
Quaternary
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Japan
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,
Paleocene
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of
Poland
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and
Triassic
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of
Italy
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.
References
Paleobiology Database
{{Taxonbar, from=Q16991895
Gastropod genera
Prehistoric gastropods
Fedaiellidae