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Testudinalia testudinalis

Gastropoda - Patellida - Acmaeidae

Taxonomy
Patella testudinalis was named by Müller (1776) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Arctic western Atlantic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Patella (Acmaea) testudinalis by Middendorff (1849); it was recombined as Acmaea testudinalis by Verkrüzen (1881); it was recombined as Testudinalia testudinalis by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Patella testudinalis Müller p. 237
1849Patella (Acmaea) testudinalis Middendorff pp. 356-357
1881Acmaea testudinalis Verkrüzen p. 97
2008Testudinalia testudinalis Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
orderPatellida(Ihering 1876)
superfamilyLottioideaGray 1840
familyAcmaeidae()
genusTestudinaliaGray 1847
speciestestudinalis(Müller 1776)

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.

Testudinalia testudinalis Müller 1776
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-08-15 13:50:17
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:45:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland Acmaea testudinalis (75057)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Acmaea testudinalis (66509 66511 66524 66525)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Acmaea testudinalis (66432 66500)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Acmaea testudinalis (75210 75212 75215 75217 75218 75219)