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Troostella

Gastropoda - Acteoninidae

Taxonomy
Troostella was named by Wade (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Acteonininae by Sohl (1964); and to Cephalaspida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Troostella Wade
1964Troostella Sohl p. 290
2002Troostella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyActeoninoideaCossmann 1895
familyActeoninidae(Pchelincev and Korobkov 1960)
subfamilyActeonininae
genusTroostellaWade 1926

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. †Troostella Wade 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) T. perimpressa (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) T. brevispira, T. sublinearis (7472) T. sublinearis (7481)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) T. sp. (7467)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) T. perimpressa, T. substriatus (7515)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) T. sp. (4277)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) T. sp. (4472)