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Heteroterma

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Tudiclidae

Taxonomy
Heteroterma was named by Gabb (1869). It is extant. Its type is Heteroterma trochoidea.

It was assigned to Perissityidae by Popenoe and Saul (1987), Saul (1988); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tudiclidae by Zinsmeister (1983), Stilwell et al. (2004).

Species
H. acrita, H. elegans, H. trochoidea (type species), Heterotrema striata
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. tumida, H. tumida, H. zelandica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Heteroterma Gabb pp. 152, 153
1983Heteroterma Zinsmeister p. 1298
1987Heteroterma Popenoe and Saul p. 12
1988Heteroterma Saul p. 13
2002Heterotrema Sepkoski
2004Heteroterma Stilwell et al. p. 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyTudiclidaeCossmann 1901
genusHeteroterma

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. Heteroterma Gabb 1869
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†Heteroterma acrita Saul 1988
†Heteroterma elegans Griffin and Hünicken 1994
†Heterotrema striata Stanton 1896
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:26:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:26:18
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Waipawan or 83.60000 to 52.00000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) H. sp. (144763)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) H. sp. (218668)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Heterotrema sp. (63513)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) H. sp. A (74116 74119)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (California) H. sp. (190798) H. trochoidea (215314)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) H. tumida (74132 74137 74156 74157 74158 74161 74172)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) H. sp. A (73912 73913 73920 73992) H. tumida (73886 73914 73915)
Danian66.0 - 61.66New Zealand (Otago) H. zelandica (50175)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Santa Cruz) H. elegans (242060 242061 242062 242063)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Antarctica Heterotrema sp. (67036)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (California) H. n. sp. (192824)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (California) H. trochoidea, H. acrita (220448)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) H. trochoidea (11117)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina H. elegans (99400)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) H. trochoidea (215686) H. trochoidea, H. acrita (185135)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0New Zealand H. zelandica (64697 64699 64700)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) H. acrita (189952 205394) H. trochoidea (52612 193036)
Waipawan56.0 - 52.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) H. sp. (51078)