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Heteroterma acrita

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae

Taxonomy
Heteroterma acrita was named by Saul (1988). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7598, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 2307, Meier Canyon, which is in a Danian/Selandian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. tumida, H. zelandica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Heteroterma acrita Saul p. 14

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyTudiclidaeCossmann 1901
genusHeteroterma
speciesacrita

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.

†Heteroterma acrita Saul 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:26:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:26:18
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (California) Heteroterma acrita (type locality: 220448)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Heteroterma acrita (185135)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Heteroterma acrita (189952 205394)