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Tetravirga gracilis

Holothuroidea

Taxonomy
Tetravirga gracilis was named by Mostler (1968). It is considered to be a form taxon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Tetravirga gracilis Mostler p. 432 figs. pl. 3 fig. 8
1972Tetravirga gracilis Kozur and Mock p. 16
1997Tetravirga gracilis Krainer and Mostler p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classHolothuroidea()
genusTetravirga
speciesgracilis

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.

Tetravirga gracilis Mostler 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: shallow infaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:09:31
Modified: 2010-02-11 06:36:04
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Liasicus or 221.50000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria Tetravirga gracilis (94109)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Slovakia Tetravirga gracilis (99561)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Slovakia Tetravirga gracilis (99558 99562)
Liasicus201.3 - 196.5Austria Tetravirga gracilis (227857 227858)