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Telescopium

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Telescopium was named by Monfort (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Potamides (Telescopium) by Johnson (1899).

It was assigned to Potamides by Johnson (1899); to Cerithiidae by Woods (1922) and Oostingh (1935); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Potamididae by Shuto (1978), Wilson (1993) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Telescopium Monfort
1899Potamides (Telescopium) Johnson p. 80
1922Telescopium Woods p. 91
1935Telescopium Oostingh p. 52
1978Telescopium Shuto p. 115
1993Telescopium Wilson p. 133
2002Telescopium Sepkoski
2005Telescopium Bouchet et al. pp. 168, 249

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusTelescopiumMonfort 1810

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.

G. Telescopium Monfort 1810
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†Telescopium parinense Olsson 1928
†Telescopium peruvianum Woods 1922
†Telescopium samanense Olsson 1928
†Telescopium titan Martin 1889
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium T. dymorphum (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland T. sp. (22943)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland T. dubium (27018)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Indonesia (Central Java) T. jogjacartense, Tympanotonus jogjacartensis (179074)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy (Veneto) T. lemniscatum (178203)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia Tympanotonus jogjacartensis, T. jogjacartensis (70082)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) T. parinense (88366)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (Piura) T. samanense (52523)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia T. sp. (42790)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) T. blackwaterensis, T. hernandoensis (80184)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan T. schencki (44960)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan T. schencki (77742)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Philippines T. telescopium (70138)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia T. telescopium (70077)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia T. titan (70105 84518 84563)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Philippines (Tayabas) T. telescopium (41523)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia T. sp., T. titan (70079 70084)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Thailand T. telescopium (176213 176214)