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Sorgenfreispira tenella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma tenella was named by Conrad (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Sorgenfreispira tenella by Moths et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Pleurotoma tenella Conrad p. 284
1858Pleurotoma tenella Mayer
2010Sorgenfreispira tenella Moths et al. p. 65

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
genusSorgenfreispiraMoroni 1979
speciestenella()

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.

†Sorgenfreispira tenella Conrad 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Serravallian or 33.90000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Pleurotoma tenella (84137)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Sorgenfreispira tenella (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Sorgenfreispira tenella (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Sorgenfreispira tenella (62899 62903 62931 62933 62934 62940 62955 62960)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Sorgenfreispira tenella (111599)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands Sorgenfreispira tenella (186883 186884)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Sorgenfreispira tenella (61895 61896 61897 61898 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 61907 62885 62886 62887 62888 62889 62891)