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Tylostoma aequatoriale

Gastropoda - Tylostomatidae

Taxonomy
Tylostoma aequatoriale was named by Kossmat (1893). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sibange Farm, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in Gabon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. aguilerai, T. allisoni, T. hanai, T. hanaii, T. rochatianum, T. athleticum, T. canaliculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Tylostoma aequatoriale Kossmat p. 578 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Campanilimorpha(Haszprunar 1988)
superfamilyCampaniloideaDouvillé 1904
familyTylostomatidaeStoliczka 1868
genusTylostomaSharpe 1849
speciesaequatoriale

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.

†Tylostoma aequatoriale Kossmat 1893
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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: 2009-09-19 08:44:14
Modified: 2009-09-19 10:44:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon Tylostoma aequatoriale (type locality: 209641)