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Tentaculites fissurella

Tentaculita - Tentaculitidae

Synonyms
  • Styliola obtusa was named by Hall (1879).

    It was recombined as Styliolina obtusa by Karpinsky (1884); it was synonymized subjectively with Styliolina fissurella by Yochelson (1986).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Tentaculites fissurella Hall
1879Styliola fissurella Hall pp. 175-182
1879Styliola obtusa Hall p. 182
1884Styliolina obtusa Karpinsky
1970Styliolina fissurella Churkin and Carter
1986Styliolina fissurella Yochelson p. 680

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
classTentaculitaBoucek 1964
subclassTentaculitida(Ljaschenko 1955)
familyTentaculitidaeWalcott 1886
genusTentaculites
speciesfissurellaHall 1843

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
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 09:54:08
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:54:08
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
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