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Tocobaga americanus

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Bulimulidae

Taxonomy
Partula americana was named by Heilprin (1886). It is extant.

It was recombined as Bulimulus americanus by Mansfield (1937); it was recombined as Tocobaga americanus by Auffenberg et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Partula americana Heilprin
1937Bulimulus americanus Mansfield p. 15
2015Tocobaga americanus Auffenberg et al. pp. 55, 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
RankNameAuthor
PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
suborderGeophila(Férussac 1819)
orderStylommatophora(Schmidt 1856)
suborderHelicina
infraorderOrthalicoidei
superfamilyOrthalicoideaAlbers 1860
familyBulimulidaeTryon 1867
genusTocobaga
speciesamericanus(Heilprin 1886)

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.

Tocobaga americanus Heilprin 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Aquitanian or 28.10000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Bulimulus americanus (60985 61051 61096 61102 61104)