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Tornatellaea bella

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae

Taxonomy
Tornatellaea bella was named by Conrad (1860) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Eocene; Alabama, Texas]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Tornatella (Tornatella) bella by Heilprin (1879).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Tornatellaea bella Conrad p. 294 figs. pl. 47, fig. 23
1879Tornatella (Tornatella) bella Heilprin p. 222
1895Tornatellaea bella Clark p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyActeonidaed'Orbigny 1835
genusTornatellaeaConrad 1860
speciesbellaConrad 1860

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.

†Tornatellaea bella Conrad 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:23:29
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:23:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Lutetian or 59.20000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Tornatellaea bella (3113)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Tornatellaea bella (80766 80767 80776 80779 80780 80785 80788 80792 83809 89873 97454 98276 98277 98293 98390 205272)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Mississippi) Tornatellaea bella (89868 89872 99666 100148)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) Tornatellaea bella (79943)