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Tritonium (Trachytriton) fusiformis

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Tritonium (Trachytriton) fusiformis was named by Gabb (1869).

It was corrected as Tritonium (Trachytriton) fusiforme by Cooper (1888); it was recombined as Nyctilochus fusiformis by Dickerson (1916).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Tritonium (Trachytriton) fusiformis Gabb p. 155
1888Tritonium (Trachytriton) fusiforme Cooper p. 294
1916Nyctilochus fusiformis Dickerson p. 421

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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
genusTritoniumMeek 1864
subgenusTrachytriton
speciesfusiformis

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available