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Tritonium eocenicum

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Tritonium eocenicum was named by Weaver (1905).

It was recombined as Nyctilochus eocenicus by Dickerson (1916).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. univaricosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Tritonium eocenicum Weaver p. 120 figs. Pl. 13, Fig. 4
1916Nyctilochus eocenicus Dickerson

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusTritoniumGistel 1848
specieseocenicum

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.

†Tritonium eocenicum Weaver 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2006-11-12 08:19:29
Modified: 2006-11-12 10:19:29
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Paleocene or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Tritonium eocenicum (190773)