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Tetinka tiro

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Spanilidae

Taxonomy
Tetinka tiro was named by Kriz (2011). Its type specimen is JK 4985a, b and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sedlec locality near Beroun, which is in a Gorstian carbonate limestone in the Kopanina Formation of the Czech Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Tetinka tiro Kriz pp. 33 - 34 fig. 3A–L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
suborderPraecardiidina()
Antipleuroidei()
superfamilyDualinoideaConrath 1887
familySpanilidae
genusTetinka
speciestiro

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.

Tetinka tiro Kriz 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Kriz 2011Small Tetinka with dorso-ventrally elongated, inequivalve, inequilateral, narrowly obovate, and inflated shells. Enantiomorphous, inclined to the right. Umbonal angle in upper left valve is 43–45°. Almost flat and lanceolate frontal face with 12–15 radial ribs is separated from the posterior part of the shell by blunt edge curved anteriorly. Posteriorly of edge the shell is formed by 19–23 radial ribs and posteriorly of sulcus by more than 3 radial ribs.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Modified: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
References: Eaton 1871, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Gorstian or 427.40000 to 425.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic (Praha) Tetinka tiro (type locality: 233175)