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Tapinotomaria costata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Taxonomy
Tapinotomaria costata was named by Batten (1958). Its type specimen is USNM 133290a and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM728, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Tapinotomaria costata Batten p. 194 figs. Pl 34, figs 1-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyPhymatopleuridae
genusTapinotomaria
speciescostata

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.

Tapinotomaria costata Batten 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height446.004.0610.16.011.19
shell diameter446.013.9110.16.001.10

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2024-02-04 19:53:32
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Tapinotomaria costata (43491 43494 43517 43560 81949)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Tapinotomaria costata (43512 43563 81640 81671 81693 type locality: 101767)