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Teneposita laeva

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Teneposita laeva was named by Loch (1989). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7199 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 7792, Carlsbad Research Center, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian coastal siliciclastic in the Point Loma Formation of California. It is the type species of Teneposita.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Teneposita laeva Loch pp. 575 - 577 figs. Figure 3.1 - 3.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
genusTeneposita
specieslaeva

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.

Teneposita laeva Loch 1989
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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: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Teneposita laeva (99312)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (California) Teneposita laeva (type locality: 176951)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Teneposita laeva (176952)