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Thais (Polytropa)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Thais (Polytropa) Moore p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusThaisRöding 1798
subgenusPolytropa(Swainson 1840)

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.

Subg. †Thais (Polytropa) Swainson 1840
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†Thais (Polytropa) lima Martyn 1784
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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Oregon) Thais lima (39805)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Oregon) Thais lima (39603 39799)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (California) Nucella lima (37542)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Thais lima (96571)