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Neritopsis planoplicatus

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae

Taxonomy
Neritopsis planoplicatus was named by Tong and Erwin (2001). Its type specimen is USNM 485588 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guojiashan Section, Bed 19-3, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in the Guojiashan Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. laevis, N. tanohatensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Neritopsis planoplicatus Tong and Erwin p. 23 figs. Pl 3, fig 45; pl 4, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCycloneritida()
orderNeritoina(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyNeritopsoidea
familyNeritopsidaeGray 1847
subfamilyNeritopsinae
genusNeritopsisGrateloup 1832
speciesplanoplicatus

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.

†Neritopsis planoplicatus Tong and Erwin 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height113.7

Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-18 08:54:47
Modified: 2007-09-18 10:56:14
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Gansu) Neritopsis planoplicatus (type locality: 119265)