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Tessarolax trinalis
Taxonomy
Tessarolax trinalis was named by Murphy and Rodda (1960). Its type specimen is UCLA 28627 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3763, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1960 | Tessarolax trinalis Murphy and Rodda p. 842 figs. Pl. 103, figs. 1,2,3 |
2015 | Tessarolax trinalis Saul and Squires pp. 47 - 48 figs. Figures 16–21 |
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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.
†Tessarolax trinalis Murphy and Rodda 1960
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2015 | Early mature last whorl tricarinate, carinae can be beaded; callus glaze only on venter of shell, spire tip not covered over; fictavarix incipient. |
Measurements
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Source: f = family, c = class | |||||
Reference: Kiessling 2004 |