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Platyceras (Platyceras) subelegans

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Platyceras subelegans was named by Girty (1910). Its type specimen is USNM 16135, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Platyceras (Platyceras) subelegans by Yochelson (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. naticopsis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Platyceras subelegans Girty p. 232
1969Platyceras (Platyceras) subelegans Yochelson pp. 30 – 31 figs. pl. 5 f. 26-27, 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusPlatyceras
subgenusPlatycerasConrad 1840
speciessubelegans()

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: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Ontogeny: accretionsuperf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: parasiteg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:30:08
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:13:53
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Knight et al. 1960, Batten 1984

Age range: Meramecian or 343.00000 to 335.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Oklahoma) Platyceras subelegans (76138)