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Teinostoma avunculus

Gastropoda - Tornidae

Taxonomy
Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) avunculus was named by Pilsbry (1953). It is extant.

It was recombined as Teinostoma avunculus by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. barryi, T. minuta, T. andrium, T. caroniense, T. angulatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Teinostoma (Pseudorotella) avunculus Pilsbry pp. 413-414
2008Teinostoma avunculus Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyTornidaeSacco 1896
subfamilyVitrinellinaeBush 1897
genusTeinostomaAdams and Adams 1853
speciesavunculus(Pilsbry 1953)

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.

Teinostoma avunculus Pilsbry 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Teinostoma avunculus (79331)