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Tintorium

Gastropoda

Taxonomy
Tintorium was named by Sohl (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u K Maes].

It was assigned to Cymatiidae by Sohl (1960); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tonnoidea by Hikuroa and Kaim (2007).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Tintorium Sohl
2002Tintorium Sepkoski
2007Tintorium Hikuroa and Kaim p. 118

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
genusTintoriumSohl 1960

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.

G. †Tintorium Sohl 1960
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. F. Sohl 1960Shell small; spire high and turriculate; whorls ornamented by sinuous round-topped transverse costae that develop to varices about every two-thirds of a volution; fine spiral lirae with finer spiral threads in their interspaces cover the whorl surfaces and form nodes where they cross the costae. Outer lip of aperture dentate; inner lip has three folds.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:00:13
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:00:13
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 125.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Germany T. pungens (67184)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) T. sp. (6172)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) T. pagodiforme (7515)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) T. sp. (4255)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) T. pogodaformis (4441)