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Paramormula tridentata

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Taxonomy
Chemnitzia tridentata was named by Carpenter (1865). It is extant.

It was recombined as Turbonilla (Lancea) tridentata by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Turbonilla (Mormula) tridentata by Dall and Bartsch (1909); it was recombined as Turbonilla tridentata by DeLong (1941); it was recombined as Paramormula tridentata by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Chemnitzia tridentata Carpenter p. 147
1903Turbonilla (Lancea) tridentata Arnold p. 273
1909Turbonilla (Mormula) tridentata Dall and Bartsch pp. 114-115
1941Turbonilla tridentata DeLong p. 241
2021Paramormula tridentata Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderPylopulmonataTeasdale 2017
superfamilyPyramidelloidea(Gray 1840)
familyPyramidellidaeGray 1840
genusParamormulaNomura 1939
speciestridentata(Carpenter 1865)

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.

Paramormula tridentata Carpenter 1865
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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 07:35:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:35:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Turbonilla tridentata (200398 200403)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Turbonilla tridentata (186031)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Turbonilla tridentata (168757 231899)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Turbonilla tridentata (201624)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Turbonilla aurantia, Turbonilla tridentata (222663 222664) Turbonilla tridentata (207886)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Turbonilla aurantia (222660) Turbonilla aurantia, Turbonilla tridentata (222661) Turbonilla tridentata (59063 96566 96895 160361 219029)