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Stellaria testigera

Gastropoda - Xenophoridae

Taxonomy
Phos testigerus was named by Bronn (1831).

It was recombined as Stellaria testigera by Landau et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. oligostriata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Phos testigerus Bronn
2004Stellaria testigera Landau 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)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyXenophoroideaTroschel 1852
familyXenophoridaeTroschel 1852
genusStellariaSchmidt 1832
speciestestigera(Bronn 1831)

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.

†Stellaria testigera Bronn 1831
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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 08:06:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:06:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Zanclean or 20.45000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Slovakia Stellaria testigera (160736)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark Xenophora testigera (98312)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Stellaria testigera (71156)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Parma) Stellaria testigera (178922)