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Columbella (Mitrella) tenuilineata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Columbella (Mitrella) tenuilineata was named by Clark (1918). Its type specimen is UCMP 11221 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. adansoni, C. alba, C. atrata, C. aureomexicana, C. bellardii, C. borealis, C. borsoni, C. castanea, C. corniculata, C. galbina, C. gervillei, C. jogjacartensis, C. karreri, C. labiosa, C. major, C. musicus, C. pardalina, C. paytensis, C. pelotina, C. puruensis, C. rustica, C. scalaris, C. scripta, C. taurinensis, C. varians, C. venezuelana, C. versicolor, C. curta, C. martensi, C. flava, C. azora, C. gervillei, C. nassoides, C. petersi, C. scripta, Mitrella acanthodes, Mitrella adjecta, Mitrella alabamensis, Mitrella alumen, Mitrella aquitanica, Mitrella asema, Mitrella austrina, Mitrella belonis, Mitrella bicincta, Mitrella bittneri, Mitrella blastos, Mitrella burchardi, Mitrella carinata, Mitrella communis, Mitrella communius, Mitrella crassilabris, Mitrella dalli, Mitrella dallina, Mitrella dicaria, Mitrella eluthera, Mitrella erecta, Mitrella fuscicava, Mitrella gasuapata, Mitrella gembacana, Mitrella girondica, Mitrella gonzabuensis, Mitrella inflata, Mitrella ischna, Mitrella juncea, Mitrella laevis, Mitrella ligula, Mitrella lincolnensis, Mitrella lunulata, Mitrella menkeana, Mitrella minima, Mitrella muscula, Mitrella nana, Mitrella nassoides, Mitrella neglecta, Mitrella njalindungensis, Mitrella nuttalli, Mitrella nuttalli, Mitrella oweni, Mitrella oxia, Mitrella perfervida, Mitrella phagon, Mitrella photeina, Mitrella puella, Mitrella quirosana, Mitrella rac, Mitrella rubra, Mitrella sagitta, Mitrella scaldensis, Mitrella semicaudata, Mitrella stikta, Mitrella subulata, Mitrella tenuis, Mitrella texana, Mitrella trajectionis, Mitrella turgida, Mitrella turgidula, Mitrella turrigera, Mitrella tytha, Mitrella varians, Mitrella waccamawensis, Mitrella insolentior, Mitrella texana, Mitrella bastropensis, Mitrella fortis, Mitrella bucciniformis, Mitrella casteri, Mitrella nuttali, Mitrella nuttalli, Mitrella nuttalli, Mitrella nuttalli, Mitrella edmondi, Mitrella elevata, Mitrella lepta, Mitrella lissa, Mitrella mississippiensis, Mitrella vespertina, Mitrella nassoides, Mitrella bittneri, Mitrella liguloides, Mitrella ocellata, Mitrella semicandata, Pyrene liocyma, Pyrene bittneri, Pyrene korytnicensis, Pyrene kostejana, Pyrene perminuta, Pyrene semicaudata, Pyrene varians

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Columbella (Mitrella) tenuilineata Clark p. 173 figs. Plate 22, figures 2 and 3

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusColumbellaRisso 1826
subgenusMitrella
speciestenuilineata

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: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Columbella tenuilineata (type locality: 122273)