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Telescopium telescopium

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Trochus telescopium was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Telescopium telescopium by Shuto (1978) and Jensen (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Trochus telescopium Linnaeus
1978Telescopium telescopium Shuto p. 115
1996Telescopium telescopium Jensen p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusTelescopiumMonfort 1810
speciestelescopium(Linnaeus 1758)

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: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Telescopium telescopium (70077)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Philippines Telescopium telescopium (70138)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Philippines (Tayabas) Telescopium telescopium (41523)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Thailand Telescopium telescopium (176213 176214)