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Tritonopsis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Tritonopsis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rapaninae by Ward (1992); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Tritonopsis Ward p. 120
2002Tritonopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyRapaninaeGray 1853
genusTritonopsis

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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Tritonopsis biconica Dall 1915
Tritonopsis gilletti Richards 1943
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 28.40000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Rapana gilletti, T. gilletti, T. biconica (71652) T. gilletti, T. biconica (71651)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Rapana ecclesiastica (59336 59722)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) T. ecclesiastica (18579)