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Tessarolax bicarinata

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Rostellaria bicarinata was named by Deshayes in Leymerie (1842) [Deshayes in Leymerie, 1842].

It was recombined as Helicaulax bicarinata by Gabb (1869); it was recombined as Pterocera bicarinata by Jaccard (1869); it was recombined as Tessarolax bicarinata by Stewart (1927), Anderson (1938), Saul and Squires (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. retusus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Rostellaria bicarinata Deshayes in Leymerie p. 31 figs. pl. 17, Figs. 14a, b
1869Helicaulax bicarinata Gabb p. 166 figs. PI. 27, Fig. 47
1869Pterocera bicarinata Jaccard
1927Tessarolax bicarinata Stewart pp. 364 - 365 figs. Plate XXIII, fig. 6
1938Tessarolax bicarinata Anderson pp. 134 - 135
2015Tessarolax bicarinata Saul and Squires

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyAporrhainaeGray 1850
genusTessarolax
speciesbicarinata(Deshayes in Leymerie 1842)

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.

†Tessarolax bicarinata Deshayes in Leymerie 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:55:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 22:54:17
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 132.60000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77USA (California) Tessarolax bicarinata (83590)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Switzerland Pterocera bicarinata (2167)
Albian113.2 - 100.5France Pterocera bicarinata (2166)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Tessarolax bicarinata (58885)