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Thersitea

Gastropoda - Thersiteidae

Taxonomy
Thersitea was named by Coquand (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 614,1074]. Its type is Thersitea gracilis.

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Thersiteidae by Bandel (2007).

Species
T. gracilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Thersitea Coquand
2002Thersitea Sepkoski
2007Thersitea Bandel pp. 141 - 142

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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)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyThersiteidaeSavornin 1914
genusThersiteaCoquand 1862

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. †Thersitea Coquand 1862
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Thersitea gracilis Coquand 1862
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. Bandel 2007The callus on the inner lip forms a thickened posterior pad. The shell is more angular than that of Orthaulax but has a similar aperture. Between callus pad of the posterior inner lip and the outer lip a narrow slit is developed (SAVAZZI, 1991: fig. 9C–F) and the thick callus pad of the posterior inner lip had been present also in some juvenile whorls of the teleoconch.