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Litozamia brevicaudatus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

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

It was recombined as Litozamia brevicaudatus by Darragh (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Trophon goldsteini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Trophon brevicaudatus Tate p. 110 figs. pl. 4, fig. 9
1970Litozamia brevicaudatus Darragh p. 158

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTrophoninaeCossmann 1903
genusLitozamiaIredale 1929
speciesbrevicaudatus()

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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Trophon brevicaudatus (72210)