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Microtrypetes

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

Taxonomy
Terebra (Microtrypetes) was named by Pilbry and Lowe (1932). It is extant.

It was reranked as Microtrypetes by Bouchet et al. (2011), Fedosov et al. (2019).

It was assigned to Terebra by Pilbry and Lowe (1932), Ladd (1982); to Terebridae by Bouchet et al. (2011); and to Terebrinae by Fedosov et al. (2019).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2008-01-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Terebra (Microtrypetes) Pilbry and Lowe p. 43
1982Terebra (Microtrypetes) Ladd p. 82
2011Microtrypetes Bouchet et al. p. 299
2019Microtrypetes Fedosov et al. p. 380

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTerebridaeMörch 1852
subfamilyTerebrinaeMörch 1852
genusMicrotrypetes(Pilbry and Lowe 1932)

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.

G. Microtrypetes Pilbry and Lowe 1932
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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 08:09:28
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:28
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji Terebra vanualevensis (78073)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Terebra kerensis (78043)