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Polystira tenagos

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Polystira (Pleuroliria) tenagos was named by Gardner (1947) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 351134, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3742 - Mossyhead [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Pleuroliria (Polystira) tenagos by Woodring (1970); it was recombined as Polystira tenagos by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. albidata, P. albidoides, P. andersoni, P. cingula, P. fargoi, P. koninckii, P. oxytropsis, P. panamensis, P. subsimilis, P. tampensis, P. vives
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-02-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Polystira (Pleuroliria) tenagos Gardner pp. 288-289 figs. pl. 38, figs. 25, 26
1970Pleuroliria (Polystira) tenagos Woodring p. 364
2008Polystira tenagos Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusPolystira
speciestenagos()

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.

†Polystira tenagos Gardner 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Polystira tenagos (42605 42657)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Michoacan) Pleuroliria tenagos (66162 66163) Polystira tenagos (66165)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Polystira tenagos (42692 42801 42813 42819 type locality: 42870 42874 43014 43024 68970 80018 111204 136943)