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Tibia (Eotibia) llajasensis

Gastropoda - Rostellariidae

Taxonomy
Tibia (Eotibia) llajasensis was named by Clark (1942). Its type specimen is UCLA 34378, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 7015. Santa Susana, which is in a Thanetian coastal siliciclastic in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. fusus, T. insulaechorab, T. lanceolatum, T. verbeeki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Tibia (Eotibia) llajasensis Clark p. 118 figs. Plate 19, figures 3-6
1944Tibia (Eotibia) llajasensis Keen and Bentson p. 201

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyRostellariidae(Gabb 1868)
genusTibia()
subgenusEotibia
speciesllajasensis

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 mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:58:44
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:58:44
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Tibia llajasensis (type locality: 177668)