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Temnotropis maestroettorei

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Temnotropidae

Taxonomy
Temnotropis maestroettorei was named by Monari and Dellantonio (2024). Its type specimen is MCP1129, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample V1F, Viezzena Mountain, which is in an Illyrian slope grainstone in the Sciliar Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Temnotropis maestroettorei Monari and Dellantonio p. 21 figs. 14A-J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyTemnotropidaeCox 1960
genusTemnotropisLaube 1868
speciesmaestroettorei

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.

Temnotropis maestroettorei Monari and Dellantonio 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedsuperf
Created: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy Temnotropis maestroettorei (type locality: 233856)