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Tympanotonos margaritaceus grateloupi

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Cerithium grateloupi d'Orbigny
1956Tympanotonos margaritaceus grateloupi Henriques da Silva p. 39 figs. Pl 5, fig 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusTympanotonosWittibschlager 1983
speciesmargaritaceus(Brocchi 1814)
subspeciesgrateloupi(d'Orbigny 1852)

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Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sao Tome and Principe Tympanotonos margaritaceus (241058)