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Tessarolax gabbi

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Tessarolax gabbi was named by Saul and Squires (2015). Its type specimen is ANSP 4282 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. retusus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Tessarolax gabbi Saul and Squires pp. 45 - 46 figs. Figures 6 – 13

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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
speciesgabbi

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 gabbi Saul and Squires 2015
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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: Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77USA (California) Tessarolax bicarinata (83598)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77USA (California) Tessarolax bicarinata (216291 216295)
Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian132.6 - 121.4USA (California) Tessarolax bicarinata (216287)