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Tegula varistriata

Gastropoda - Tegulidae

Taxonomy
Tegula varistriata was named by Nomland (1917). Its type specimen is UCMP 11316, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 2268, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Santa Margarita Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. mariana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Tegula varistriata Nomland p. 311 figs. Plate 20, figures 4a, 4b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTegulidae(Kuroda et al. 1971)
genusTegulaLesson 1835
speciesvaristriata

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.

†Tegula varistriata Nomland 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:47:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:46
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Tegula varistriata (216199 type locality: 216206)