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Tectonatica pusilla

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica pusilla was named by Say (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene-Recent; Massachusetts-circum-Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Natica (Cryptonatica) pusilla by Dall (1892); it was recombined as Tectonatica pusilla by Woodring (1928) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Natica pusilla Say p. 257
1859Natica pusilla Holmes p. 80
1892Natica (Cryptonatica) pusilla Dall p. 367
1928Tectonatica pusilla Woodring p. 384
2008Tectonatica pusilla Hendy et al.

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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)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyNaticinaeGuilding 1834
genusTectonaticaSacco 1890
speciespusilla(Say 1822)

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: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-05-29 02:56:52
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:12:38
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Tectonatica pusilla (131241)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Tectonatica pusilla (60412 60414 60415 60416 60417)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Tectonatica pusilla (93795)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Tectonatica pusilla (59484 59485 59487)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Tectonatica pusilla (61293 61294 61295)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Tectonatica pusilla (58895 79341 79342)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Tectonatica pusilla (58522 69090 69094)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Natica pusilla (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Tectonatica pusilla (58897)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Tectonatica pusilla (60944)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Tectonatica pusilla (41497 41501 61309 79331)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Natica pusilla (75422)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Natica pusilla (66618 66621)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Tectonatica pusilla (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Tectonatica pusilla (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Natica pusilla (104049)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tectonatica pusilla (41715 61311 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Natica pusilla (66760) Tectonatica pusilla (79705)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Tectonatica pusilla (72116 72120 72122 72123 72125 72126)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Tectonatica pusilla (41935 92776)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Jersey) Natica pusilla (66630)