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Euthyrhachis indianense

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Platyceras indianense was named by Miller and Gurley (1897). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Platyceras indianensis by Kindle (1900); it was recombined as Platyceras (Euthyrhachis) indianense by Tyler (1965), Blodgett and Frýda (1999); it was recombined as Euthyrhachis indianense by Bandel and Frýda (1999), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Platyceras indianense Miller and Gurley pp. 48 – 49 figs. pl. 4, f. 7-10
1900Platyceras indianensis Kindle pp. 727 - 728 figs. PI. 19. figs 9,9a.
1965Platyceras (Euthyrhachis) indianense Tyler p. 345 figs. pl. 47 f. 16-18
1999Euthyrhachis indianense Bandel and Frýda p. 222
1999Platyceras (Euthyrhachis) indianense Blodgett and Frýda p. 304
2023Euthyrhachis indianense Wagner p. S611

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusEuthyrhachis()
speciesindianense()

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.

Euthyrhachis indianense Miller and Gurley 1897
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. H. Tyler 1965Shells with features typical of subgenus; nodes absent from earliest part of carina but typically present on late apical part and becoming increasingly larger and well defined adaperturally, tending to be closer and slightly more regularly spaced in earlier half of mature part of shell; nodes in adult, perhaps gerontic, part of some shells gradually becoming tubular spines with thick walls and elliptical cross-sections with an observed maximum maximum and minimum diameter of 0.8 mm. and 0.5 mm.; spine bases inclined adaperturally at roughly 45 degrees from carina; collabral growth lines indicating that during ontogeny portion of shell along carina grew increasingly more slowly as compared with flank portions of shell creating an increasingly deeper sinus in later growth stages, indicating that development of spines rather than nodes was concomitant effect of enclosure of protruding anal(?) siphon by newly secreted shell; carina in earlier growth stages, contrariwise, indicating no lagging behind in growth, as nodes rather than spines formed as siphon position kept pace with shell secretion along carina; holotype and several paratypes showing mottling of medium brown spots and irregular blotches on dark gray shell.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorsuperf
Ontogeny: accretionsuperf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: passively mobilef
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: coprophagef
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-08-15 08:04:13
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:16:03
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Batten 1984, Kiessling 2004, Knight et al. 1960

Age range: Givetian or 387.70000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Indiana) Platyceras indianensis (170009)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Michigan) Platyceras indianense (85062)