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Rissoina tennesseensis

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Rissoina tennesseensis was named by Wade (1926) [m. kosnik taxon no: 1676 m. kosnik taxon no: 2617]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Tennessee.

It was recombined as Anteglosia tennesseensis by Vokes (1948), Sohl (1960); it was recombined as Cossmannia tennesseensis by Dockery (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Rissoina tennesseensis Wade
1948Anteglosia tennesseensis Vokes
1960Anteglosia tennesseensis Sohl p. 86 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-3
1984Rissoina tennesseensis Ponder p. 108
1984Anteglossia tennesseensis Sohl and Koch
1993Cossmannia tennesseensis Dockery p. 55

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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)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyRissoidaeGray 1847
genusRissoinad'Orbigny 1840
speciestennesseensisWade 1926

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 07:55:20
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:55:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Rissoina tennesseensis (type locality: 88357)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Anteglossia tennesseensis (4373)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Anteglossia tennesseensis (4237)