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Pseudotoma axeli

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Pseudotoma axeli was named by Harris and Palmer (1947). Its type specimen is ANSP 4983 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PRI Moodys Branch marl locality 11, which is in a Bartonian marine marl in the Moodys Branch Formation of Mississippi.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. floridana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Pseudotoma axeli Harris and Palmer p. 434

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBorsoniidae(Bellardi 1875)
genusPseudotomaAdams and Adams 1858
speciesaxeli

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.

†Pseudotoma axeli Harris and Palmer 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Pseudotoma axeli (90643 164232 type locality: 232682)