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Pterocerella tippana

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Harpago tippana was named by Conrad (1858).

It was recombined as Pterocerella tippana by Sohl (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Harpago tippana Conrad
1960Pterocerella tippana Sohl p. 109 figs. Pl 13, figs 3,5,19

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyPterocerellinaeBandel 2007
genusPterocerellaMeek 1864
speciestippana(Conrad 1858)

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.

†Pterocerella tippana Conrad 1858
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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 (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Pterocerella tippana (88357)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Pterocerella tippana (4277)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Pterocerella tippana (4285)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Pterocerella tippana (4127)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Pterocerella tippana (4367 4368 4369 4372 4373)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Pterocerella tippana (4184 4186 4202 83238)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Pterocerella tippana (205445)