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Ploconema protendens

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Craspedostoma (Ploconema) protendens was named by Perner (1903) [Barrande in Perner 1903]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Area between the villages of Měňany and Koněprusy, which is in a Pragian marine horizon in the Praha Formation of the Czech Republic. It is the type species of Ploconema, Craspedostoma (Ploconema).

It was recombined as Ploconema protendens by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Craspedostoma (Ploconema) protendens Perner figs. pl. 59 f. 28-32
1907Craspedostoma (Ploconema) protendens Perner pp. 226 - 227 figs. pl. 106 f. 24-30; txt. f. 201
2023Ploconema protendens Wagner p. 679

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

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.

Ploconema protendens Perner 1903
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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: Knight et al. 1960, Kiessling 2004, Batten 1984

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Bohemia) Craspedostoma protendens (type locality: 104794)