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Tessarolax Gabb, 1864 †
870441 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:870441)
accepted
Genus
Tessarolax distorta Gabb, 1864 † (type by monotypy)
Ornithopus J. S. Gardner, 1875 † · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Ornithopus Hitchcock, 1848 [Reptilia]
Protohemichenopus Camacho, 1953 † · unaccepted (uncertain synonym)
- Species Tessarolax acutimarginatus Nagao, 1932 †
- Species Tessarolax alaskana Saul & Squires, 2015 †
- Species Tessarolax bullardi Saul & Squires, 2015 †
- Species Tessarolax distorta Gabb, 1864 †
- Species Tessarolax gabbi Saul & Squires, 2015 †
- Species Tessarolax grahami Saul & Squires, 2015 †
- Species Tessarolax incrustata F. M. Anderson & G. D. Hanna, 1935 †
- Species Tessarolax japonicus Yabe & Nagao, 1928 †
- Species Tessarolax louellae Squires, 2015 †
- Species Tessarolax retusa (J. De C. Sowerby, 1836) †
- Species Tessarolax teleos Saul & Squires, 2015 †
- Species Tessarolax trinalis M. A. Murphy & Rodda, 1960 †
marine
fossil only
Gabb, W. M. (1864). Description of the Cretaceous fossils. <em>In: Meek, F. B. and Gabb, W. M. Geological Survey of California, Palaeontology of California.</em> 1: 55-243, pls. 9-32., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2062749
page(s): 126 [details]
page(s): 126 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tessarolax Gabb, 1864 †. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870441 on 2025-07-03
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Gabb, W. M. (1864). Description of the Cretaceous fossils. <em>In: Meek, F. B. and Gabb, W. M. Geological Survey of California, Palaeontology of California.</em> 1: 55-243, pls. 9-32., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2062749
page(s): 126 [details]
basis of record Saul L.R. & Squires R.L. (2015). Pacific slope of North America record of the Cretaceous aporrhaid gastropod <i>Tessarolax</i>: Evolutionary trends, mode of life, and paleobiogeography of the genus. <em>Contributions in Science.</em> 523: 37–65. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 126 [details]
basis of record Saul L.R. & Squires R.L. (2015). Pacific slope of North America record of the Cretaceous aporrhaid gastropod <i>Tessarolax</i>: Evolutionary trends, mode of life, and paleobiogeography of the genus. <em>Contributions in Science.</em> 523: 37–65. [details] Available for editors

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ornithopus) (from synonym Ornithopus J. S. Gardner, 1875 †)
To Genbank (from synonym Ornithopus J. S. Gardner, 1875 †)
To Genbank (from synonym Ornithopus J. S. Gardner, 1875 †)