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Terebra protexta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

Taxonomy
Cerithium protextum was named by Conrad (1845) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Acus protextus by Dall (1889); it was recombined as Terebra (Acus) protexta by Dall (1890); it was recombined as Terebra protexta by Maury (1917) and Hanna (1926).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Cerithium protextum Conrad p. 26
1889Acus protextus Dall p. 39
1890Terebra (Acus) protexta Dall p. 25
1917Terebra protexta Maury p. 28
1926Terebra protexta Hanna p. 456

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTerebridaeMörch 1852
subfamilyTerebrinaeMörch 1852
genusTerebraBruguière 1789
speciesprotexta(Conrad 1845)

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.

Terebra protexta Conrad 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:57:07
Modified: 2009-03-16 13:34:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Terebra protexta (96546)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Terebra protexta (75001 79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Terebra protexta (59316)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Terebra protexta (59313)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Terebra protexta (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Terebra protexta (66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Terebra protexta (96538)