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Alabina tenuisculpta

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Mesalia tenuisculpta was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 14933, a shell.

It was recombined as Styliferina tenuisculpta by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Alabina tenuisculpta by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Mesalia tenuisculpta Carpenter p. 655
1903Styliferina tenuisculpta Arnold
1911Alabina monicensis Bartsch p. 414 figs. pl. 62, fig. 5
2021Alabina tenuisculpta Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyAlabininae(Dall 1927)
genusAlabinaDall 1902
speciestenuisculpta(Carpenter 1864)

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.

Alabina tenuisculpta Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Alabina monicensis Bartsch 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:11:54
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:11:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Alabina tenuisculpta (202495 202496)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Styliferina tenuisculpta (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Alabina monicensis (222679) Alabina tenuisculpta (22632 28157 59063 96566 96589 160361 219029 219030 222966)