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Austrosassia tortirostris

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Triton tortirostris was named by Tate (1888) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Austrosassia tortirostris by Darragh (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Triton tortirostris Tate p. 123 figs. pl. 5, fig. 7
1970Austrosassia tortirostris Darragh p. 202

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusAustrosassia(Bellardi 1872)
speciestortirostris()

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
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.03000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) Triton tortirostris (72221)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Triton tortirostris (72210)