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Rhabdocantha alta

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Pileopsis alta was named by Dana (1849). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harper's Hill, Hunter Valley (USNM coll), which is in a Sakmarian marine limestone in the Allandale Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Rhabdocantha.

It was recombined as Platyceras (Orthonychia) altum by Etheridge (1898); it was recombined as Rhabdocantha alta by Fletcher (1958).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Pileopsis alta Dana p. 706 figs. pl. 9 f. 14
1898Platyceras (Orthonychia) altum Etheridge p. 15 figs. pl. 1 f. 1
1958Rhabdocantha alta Fletcher pp. 122 – 123 figs. pl. 7 f. 1-4

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

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.

Rhabdocantha alta Dana 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (New South Wales) Pileopsis alta (119250)