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Takfaia kuesi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Takfaia kuesi was named by Nützel and Ketwetsuriya (2016). Its type specimen is SNSB-BSPG 2014 XI 42, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khao Noi, unspecified block, which is in a Wordian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Tak Fa Formation of Thailand. It is the type species of Takfaia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Takfaia kuesi Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 495 fig. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
genusTakfaia
specieskuesi

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.

Takfaia kuesi Nützel and Ketwetsuriya 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.377.7011.49.552.62

Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedsuperf
Created: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Wagner 2023, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand Discotropis sp. (167691) Takfaia kuesi (type locality: 181783)