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Platyostoma minutissima

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Platyostoma minutissima was named by Clarke (1885). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Protospirialis.

It was misspelled as Platyostoma minutissimum by Wagner (2020); it was recombined as Protospirialis minutissima by Clarke (1904), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Platyostoma minutissima Clarke p. 55
1904Protospirialis minutissima Clarke p. 340 figs. pl. 20 f. 15
2020Platyostoma minutissimum Wagner
2023Protospirialis minutissima Wagner p. 5054

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

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.

Platyostoma minutissima Clarke 1885
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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, Knight et al. 1960, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Frasnian or 382.40000 to 379.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5USA (New York) Platyostoma minutissima (136399)