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Paraseraphs tetanus

Gastropoda - Seraphsidae

Taxonomy
Paraseraphs tetanus was named by Jung (1974) [= Terebellum fusiforme – d’Orbigny 1850: 314, no. 304. — Pictet 1855: pl. 64, fi g. 2. — Deshayes, 1865: 470. — Mayer, 1866: 319, 332. — Newton, 1894: 97. — Cossmann, 1904: 43, 44, pl. 2, fi g. 10; pl. 3, fi g. 4. — Cossmann & Pissarro, 1911: pl. 31, fi g. 158-1. Non Lamarck, 1802. = Terebellum (s.s.) fusiforme – Cossmann 1889: 96 partim. Non Lamarck, 1802. = Paraseraphs placitus Merle, 1986: 32. Non Jung 1974.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Paraseraphs.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Paraseraphs tetanus Jung pp. 34-36 figs. pl. 9, fi g. 26; pl. 10, fi gs 1-10, text-fi g. 12, 26-28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familySeraphsidaeGray 1853
genusParaseraphs
speciestetanus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:58:44
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:58:44
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Paraseraphs tetanus (171521 183745)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aisne) Paraseraphs tetanus (177669 177999 183786)