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Tetravirga imperforata

Holothuroidea

Taxonomy
Tetravirga imperforata was named by Frizzell and Exline (1955). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is the type species of Tetravirga.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Tetravirga imperforata Frizzell and Exline
1962Tetravirga imperforata Deflandre-Rigaud p. 43
1968Tetravirga imperforata Mostler p. 10 figs. pl. 1 fig. 4
1971Tetravirga imperforata Kozur and Mostler p. 27
1971Tetravirga imperforata Mostler p. 6 figs. pl. 1 figs 1-3
1976Tetravirga imperforata Mostler and Rahimi-Yazd p. 5
1977Tetravirga imperforata Wernlund p. 80
1980Tetravirga imperforata Mostler p. 337

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

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 imperforata Frizzell and Exline 1955
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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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Mississippian to the top of the Carnian or 358.90000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2Afghanistan Tetravirga imperforata (99508)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Austria Tetravirga imperforata (99797)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Hungary Tetravirga imperforata (99503 99504)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary Tetravirga imperforata (99502)