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Testacellidae

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Testacellidae

Taxonomy
Testacellidae was named by Gray (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Stylommatophora by Harzhauser et al. (2008); and to Testacelloidea by Bouchet et al. (2017).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Testacellidae Gray
2008Testacellidae Harzhauser et al.
2017Testacellidae Bouchet et al. p. 362

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
RankNameAuthor
TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
suborderGeophila(Férussac 1819)
orderStylommatophora(Schmidt 1856)
suborderHelicina
superfamilyTestacelloideaGray 1840
familyTestacellidaeGray 1840
familyTestacellidaeGray 1840

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.

Fm. Testacellidae Gray 1840
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G. †Testacella Draparnaud 1801
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Testacella schuetti Schlickum 1967
Testacella zellii Klein 1853
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 Langhian to the top of the Calabrian or 15.97000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Testacella zellii (34615)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Testacella zellii (172951)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Testacella schuetti (48471)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) Testacella sp. (38137)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Testacella sp. (45603)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Testacella schuetti (175587)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Testacella haliotidea (34128)