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Tectura (Testudinalia)

Gastropoda - Patellida - Acmaeidae

Taxonomy
Testudinalia was named by Moskalev (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Tectura (Testudinalia) by Vaught et al. (1989).

It was assigned to Tectura by Vaught et al. (1989); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Testudinalia Moskalev
1989Tectura (Testudinalia) Vaught et al.
2002Testudinalia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
orderPatellida(Ihering 1876)
superfamilyLottioideaGray 1840
familyAcmaeidae()
genusTecturaGray 1847
subgenusTestudinalia(Moskalev 1966)

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.

Subg. Tectura (Testudinalia) Moskalev 1966
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Testudinalia testudinalis Müller 1776
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-08-15 13:50:17
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:45:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland Acmaea testudinalis (75057)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Acmaea testudinalis (75210 75212 75215 75217 75218 75219)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Acmaea testudinalis (66509 66511 66524 66525)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Acmaea testudinalis (66432 66500)