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Tetranota wisconsinensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon wisconsinensis was named by Whitfield (1878). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Tetranota wisconsinensis by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Shrock and Raasch (1937), Wahlman (1992), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Bellerophon wisconsinensis Whitfield
1882Bellerophon wisconsinensis Whitfield p. 223 figs. pl. 6 f. 15-16
1897Tetranota wisconsinensis Ulrich and Scofield pp. 881 - 882 figs. pl. 65 f. 26-29
1937Tetranota wisconsinensis Shrock and Raasch
1992Tetranota wisconsinensis Wahlman pp. 148 - 149 figs. pl. 38 f. 13-16
2023Tetranota wisconsinensis Wagner p. 446

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPlectonotidae()
genusTetranota
specieswisconsinensis()

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.

†Tetranota wisconsinensis Whitfield 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:26:41
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:24:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Turinian or 457.30000 to 453.80000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Indiana) Tetranota wisconsinensis (104277)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Tetranota wisconsinensis (23614 23615 23617 23619 23620)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Wisconsin) Tetranota wisconsinensis (154948)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Tetranota wisconsinensis (23557)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Tetranota wisconsinensis (23621)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Tetranota wisconsinensis (23558)