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Torinista

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Torinista Iredale p. 327
1981Heliacus (Torinista) Frassinetti and Covacevich
1986Heliacus (Torinista) Covacevich and Frassinetti p. 39
2001Heliacus (Torinista) Todd
2005Torinista Bieler and Petit p. 17
2017Heliacus (Torinista) Darragh p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyArchitectonicoideaGray 1840
familyArchitectonicidaeGray 1850
genusTorinistaIredale 1936

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. Torinista Iredale 1936
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Heliacus (Torinista) taverai Frassinetti and Covacevich 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:00:49
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:25:24
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Piacenzian or 38.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Heliacus darraghi (205816)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Victoria) Heliacus darraghi (71236)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile Heliacus taverai (78521)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) Heliacus sp. (79855)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Heliacus sp. (61344)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Heliacus sp. (79999)