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Terebralia susana

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Terebralia susana was named by Squires and Kennedy (1998). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7942, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 26814, Quarry Canyon, which is in a Thanetian coastal siltstone/limestone in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Terebralia susana Squires and Kennedy p. 163 figs. figs. 6-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusTerebraliaSwainson 1840
speciessusana

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.

†Terebralia susana Squires and Kennedy 1998
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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 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

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) Terebralia susana (type locality: 214292)