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Terebralia sulcata

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Murex sulcatus was named by Born (1778). It is extant.

It was recombined as Potamides (Pyrazus) sulcatus by Martin (1884) and Koperberg (1931); it was recombined as Potamides (Terebralia) sulcatus by Martin (1899) and Tesch (1915); it was recombined as Terebralia (Terebralia) sulcata by Wissema (1947); it was recombined as Terebralia sulcata by Oostingh (1935), van Benthem Jutting (1956), Robba et al. (1989), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Murex sulcatus Born p. 234
1884Potamides (Pyrazus) sulcatus Martin p. 146
1899Potamides (Terebralia) sulcatus Martin p. 211
1915Potamides (Terebralia) sulcatus Tesch p. 56
1931Potamides (Pyrazus) sulcatus Koperberg p. 131
1935Terebralia sulcata Oostingh p. 51
1947Terebralia (Terebralia) sulcata Wissema p. 48
1956Terebralia sulcata van Benthem Jutting p. 442
1989Terebralia sulcata Robba et al. p. 75
2010Terebralia sulcata Landau and Marques da Silva p. 18

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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)
genusTerebraliaSwainson 1840
speciessulcata(Born 1778)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Terebralia sulcatus (63040)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Terebralia sulcatus (70077)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands Terebralia sulcata (77975)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Terebralia sulcata (84562) Terebralia sulcatus (70105 70123)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Terebralia sulcatus (70084)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia Terebralia sulcata (67971)