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Torallochus faustiankensis

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Torallochus faustiankensis was named by Kaim (2004). Its type specimen is ZPAL Ga.9/112, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Faustianka, Czestochowa region, Opolskie, which is in a Bathonian transition zone/lower shoreface claystone in Poland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Torallochus faustiankensis Kaim p. 16 fig. 4C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusTorallochusKiel and Bandel 2002
speciesfaustiankensis

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: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:48:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:48:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland Torallochus faustiankensis (type locality: 63058)