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Trochoturbella liassica

Gastropoda

Taxonomy
Trochoturbella liassica was named by Melville (1956). It is not extant. Its type locality is Stowell Park borehole (T. ibex Zone, B. centaurus Subzone, 985-1188ft), which is in a Pliensbachian marine mudstone/shale in the Lower Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Trochoturbella liassica Melville

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
superfamilyRissoaceaGray 1847
genusTrochoturbellaCossmann 1921
speciesliassica

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.

†Trochoturbella liassica Melville 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Trochoturbella liassica (type locality: 204124)