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Tenuicerithium ascensum

Gastropoda - Pleisotrochidae

Taxonomy
Tenuicerithium ascensum was named by Hoerle (1972). Its type specimen is USNM 646959, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 459 - Taylor Branch, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. absonum, T. coppeei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Tenuicerithium ascensum Hoerle pp. 11-12 figs. pl. 2, fig. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Campanilimorpha(Haszprunar 1988)
superfamilyCampaniloideaDouvillé 1904
familyPleisotrochidaeHoubrick 1990
genusTenuicerithiumCossmann 1896
speciesascensum

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.

†Tenuicerithium ascensum Hoerle 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available