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Terebra (Strioterebrum) blanca

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

Taxonomy

Terebra (Strioterebrum) blanca was named by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Zone J - Canoa Formation, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian coastal sandstone/claystone in the Canoa Formation of Ecuador.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Strioterebrum baculiforme, Strioterebrum camaronense, Strioterebrum gatunense, Strioterebrum rabdotum, T. amabilis, T. anomala, T. atorquatum, T. aulakoessa, T. babylon, T. cingulifera, T. colume, T. denotans, T. derbyi, T. estaciana, T. formosana, T. hanzawai, T. hiwanneensis, T. lucana, T. orthoplicata, T. paraensis, T. peramabilis, T. straminea, T. torquata, T. xoci, T. zapotalensis, T. torquata, T. felina, T. odopoia, T. brassoensis, T. trinitatensis, T. eskata, T. psesta, T. pupiformis, T. rabdota, T. vaca

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1941	Terebra (Strioterebrum) blanca Pilsbry and Olsson

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Terebridae	Mörch 1852
subfamily	Terebrinae	Mörch 1852
genus	Terebra	Sacco 1891
subgenus	Strioterebrum
species	blanca

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.

†Terebra (Strioterebrum) blanca Pilsbry and Olsson 1941

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Entire body:

yesg

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10g

Adult height:

10 to < 100g

Thickness:

thing

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-03-16 10:39:05

Modified:

2009-03-16 12:39:05

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian - Gelasian	3.6 - 1.806	Ecuador (Manabi)	Terebra blanca (type locality: 51878)