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Batillaria (Batillaria) tjilonganense

Gastropoda - Batillariidae

Taxonomy
Cerithium (Cerithium) tjilonganense was named by Martin (1899) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene; Indonesia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Batillaria (Batillaria) tjilonganense by Shuto (1978).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. advena, B. calcitrapoides, B. echinoides, B. toshioi, B. zonais

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Cerithium (Cerithium) tjilonganense Martin p. 197 figs. pl. 31, fig. 454
1978Batillaria (Batillaria) tjilonganense Shuto p. 126

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyBatillariidae(Thiele 1929)
genusBatillariaBenson 1842
subgenusBatillariaBenson 1842
speciestjilonganense(Martin 1899)

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 mobilesubf
Life habit: epifaunalsubf
Diet: grazersubf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:10:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:11:32
Source: subf = subfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

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 - 11.63Indonesia Batillaria tjilonganense (63040)