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Tropicolpus (Tropicolpus) mackellari

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Tropicolpus (Tropicolpus) mackellari was named by Marwick (1971) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene; New Zealand.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. abscisus, T. albolapis, T. chattonensis, T. cavershamensis, T. gittosinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Tropicolpus (Tropicolpus) mackellari Marwick
1990Tropicolpus (Tropicolpus) mackellari Beu et al. p. 407

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusTropicolpusMarwick 1931
subgenusTropicolpusMarwick 1931
speciesmackellariMarwick 1971

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: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available