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Platyceras erectum

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Acroculia erectum was named by Hall (1843). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Platyceras erectum by Hall (1861), Hall (1862), Hall (1876), Hall (1879), Clarke (1903), Grabau and Shimer (1909), Prosser and Kindle (1913), Fagerstrom (1961), Rollins et al. (1971), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. naticopsis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Acroculia erectum Hall
1861Platyceras erectum Hall p. 4
1862Platyceras erectum Hall p. 32
1876Platyceras erectum Hall figs. pl. 2
1879Platyceras erectum Hall p. 5 figs. pl. 2 f. 4-11
1903Platyceras erectum Clarke p. 549
1909Platyceras erectum Grabau and Shimer p. 683 figs. f. 963a
1913Platyceras erectum Prosser and Kindle pp. 296 - 297 figs. pl. 37 f. 1-5
1961Platyceras erectum Fagerstrom p. 39 figs. pl. 13 f. 2
1971Platyceras erectum Rollins et al. pp. 162 - 163 figs. f. 18g-k
2023Platyceras erectum Wagner p. 656

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusPlatyceras
specieserectum(Hall 1843)

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.

†Platyceras erectum Hall 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Ontogeny: accretionsuperf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: parasiteg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:30:08
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:13:53
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Knight et al. 1960, Batten 1984

Age range: Cazenovian or 391.90000 to 383.70000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Platyceras erectum (3845 3850)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) Platyceras erectum (9540 9553 9614)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Ohio) Platyceras erectum (207860)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) Platyceras erectum (75140)
Cazenovian391.9 - 383.7USA (New York) Platyceras erectum (69461 69462)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Platyceras erectum (89648 89652 89653 89654 89658 89662 89665 89669 89670 89673 89737)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Indiana) Platyceras erectum (170009)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Ohio) Platyceras erectum (76554 76564)