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Tessarolax trinalis

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

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
YearName and author
1960Tessarolax trinalis Murphy and Rodda p. 842 figs. Pl. 103, figs. 1,2,3
2015Tessarolax trinalis Saul and Squires pp. 47 - 48 figs. Figures 16–21

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyAporrhainaeGray 1850
genusTessarolax
speciestrinalis

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2015Early mature last whorl tricarinate, carinae can be beaded; callus glaze only on venter of shell, spire tip not covered over; fictavarix incipient.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:55:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 22:54:17
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) Tessarolax trinalis (1791 1802 type locality: 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810)