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Teneposita

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4614448https://www.gbif.org/species/4614448
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)10563https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10563
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Teneposita
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Aporrhaidae : Teneposita
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
superorderHypsogastropoda
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
genusTenepositaLoch 1989
Scientific NameTeneposita Loch, 1989
Name Published InJ Paleontol 63 (5)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tenepositagenusbelongs to Aporrhaidaestated with evidenceLoch, 1989
Tenepositagenusbelongs to Neotaenioglossasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityslow-moving (based on Aporrhaidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietdetritivore (based on Aporrhaidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. D. Loch. 1989. A New Genus of Aporrhaid Gastropod from Southern California. Journal of Paleontology 63(5):574-577

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1989Teneposita Loch pp. 574 - 575
1994Teneposita Roy p. 295
2002Teneposita Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Loch J. D. (1989) A New Genus of Aporrhaid Gastropod from Southern California, Journal of Paleontology 63 5, 574-577
Roy K. (1994) Effects of the Mesozoic Marine Revolution on the Taxonomic, Morphologic, and Biogeographic Evolution of a Group: Aporrhaid Gastropods During the Mesozoic, Paleobiology 20 3, 274-296
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
J Paleontol 63 (5) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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