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Purpurina scalaris

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy
Turbo scalaris was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Purpurina scalaris by Kittl (1892).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. ornatissima

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Turbo scalaris Münster p. 116 figs. Pl 12, fig 40
1892Purpurina scalaris Kittl p. 65 figs. Pl 6, fig 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
genusPurpurinad'Orbigny 1850
speciesscalaris()

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.

†Purpurina scalaris Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:51:34
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:51:34
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Julian or 237.00000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Turbo scalaris (137429)