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Tesseracme

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae

Taxonomy
Tesseracme was named by Pilsbry (1898) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Dentalium (Tesseracme) by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941).

It was assigned to Dentalium by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941); to Scaphopoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dentaliidae by Wells and Houston (2001) and Reynolds and Steiner (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Tesseracme Pilsbry
1941Dentalium (Tesseracme) Pilsbry and Olsson p. 9
2001Tesseracme Wells and Houston p. 106
2002Tesseracme Sepkoski
2008Tesseracme Reynolds and Steiner p. 147 figs. Table 7.1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyDentaliidaeGray 1834
genusTesseracmePilsbry 1898

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. Tesseracme Pilsbry 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 12:33:07
Modified: 2009-10-11 14:33:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Gelasian or 11.62000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Haiti Dentalium dissimile (92454)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Dentalium dissimile (52171) T. sp. (145522)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) T. sp. (79783 79785 79984 79996 79997)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) T. sp. (136122)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Dentalium dissimile (96520)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) T. sp. (135944)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) T. sp. (79855)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) T. sp. (135816 135821 135822 135828)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic T. dissimile (74966)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) T. tesseragona (135043)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) T. sp. (79982)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Dentalium proteiforme (77658)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Dentalium dissimile (58522) T. dissimile (69090 69093 69094)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) T. sp. (61339 61340 61344)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ecuador (Manabi) Dentalium tesseragonum (51880)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) T. sp. (79796 79800 79990)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) Dentalium tesseragonum (51879)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Dentalium caloosaense, Dentalium prisma (79331 79338)