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Terebra tantula
Taxonomy
Terebra tantula was named by Conrad (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. amabilis, T. anomala, T. atorquatum, T. aulakoessa, T. babylon, T. cingulifera, T. colume, T. denotans, T. derbyi, T. estaciana, T. formosana, T. hanzawai, T. hiwanneensis, T. lucana, T. orthoplicata, T. paraensis, T. peramabilis, T. straminea, T. torquata, T. variegata, T. xoci, T. zapotalensis, T. torquata, T. felina, T. odopoia, T. brassoensis, T. trinitatensis, T. eskata, T. psesta, T. pupiformis, T. rabdota, T. vaca
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1848 | Terebra tantula Conrad p. 283 |
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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.
†Terebra tantula Conrad 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986 | |||||
Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rupelian | USA (Mississippi) | Terebra tantula (5999 6002 6005 6006 7111 7112 type locality: 84137) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (South Carolina) | Terebra tantula (92413) |