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Terebratula
Classification
Phylum:
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Terebratulida
Superfamily:
Terebratuloidea
Family:
Terebratulidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Terebratula MÜLLER, 1776, p. 249
Type Species:
Anomia terebratula Linnaeus, 1758, p. 703, SD Lamarck, 1799, p. 89, ICZN plenary POWERS, 2000, p. 187, Opinion 1, 959
Images
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Fig. 1358, 4a-c. * T. terebratula (Linnaeus), Pliocene, Italy, dorsal, lateral, and anterior views of neotype, NHM BG152, X1 (Lee, Brunton, & others, 2001).——Fig. 1358, 4d-g. T. ampulla Brocchi, Pliocene, Italy
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Malta, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Miocene, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Spain, Algeria, Pliocene, Italy, Pleistocene
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Neogene (Miocene)
Beginning International Stage:
Aquitanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
23.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Neogene (Pleistocene)
Ending International Stage:
Pleistocene Upper
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0.01
Description
Medium to very large, subpentagonal to broadly oval, smooth, anterior commissure rectimarginate to uniplicate or sulciplicate, beak short, erect, foramen large, mesothyrid to permesothyrid, symphytium partly visible, pedicle collar short, cardinal process variable from a flat semiellipse to a thickened, raised plate or boss, outer hinge plates very narrow or absent, separated from socket ridges by deep trough, no inner hinge plates, loop short, broadly triangular, transverse band narrow, forming a low arch.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Terebratulida
Superfamily:
Terebratuloidea
Family:
Terebratulidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Terebratula MÜLLER, 1776, p. 249
Type Species:
Anomia terebratula Linnaeus, 1758, p. 703, SD Lamarck, 1799, p. 89, ICZN plenary POWERS, 2000, p. 187, Opinion 1, 959
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 1358, 4a-c. * T. terebratula (Linnaeus), Pliocene, Italy, dorsal, lateral, and anterior views of neotype, NHM BG152, X1 (Lee, Brunton, & others, 2001).——Fig. 1358, 4d-g. T. ampulla Brocchi, Pliocene, Italy
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Malta, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Miocene, Italy, Sicily, Malta, Spain, Algeria, Pliocene, Italy, Pleistocene
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Neogene (Miocene)
Beginning International Stage:
Aquitanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
23.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Neogene (Pleistocene)
Ending International Stage:
Pleistocene Upper
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0.01
Description
Medium to very large, subpentagonal to broadly oval, smooth, anterior commissure rectimarginate to uniplicate or sulciplicate, beak short, erect, foramen large, mesothyrid to permesothyrid, symphytium partly visible, pedicle collar short, cardinal process variable from a flat semiellipse to a thickened, raised plate or boss, outer hinge plates very narrow or absent, separated from socket ridges by deep trough, no inner hinge plates, loop short, broadly triangular, transverse band narrow, forming a low arch.