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Pterotheca undulata

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Clioderma undulata was named by Hall (1861). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pterotheca undulata by Foerste (1924) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. spada

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Clioderma undulata Hall p. 97
1924Pterotheca undulata Foerste p. 218
2023Pterotheca undulata Wagner p. 3622

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPterothecidae
subfamilyPterothecinae
genusPterotheca
speciesundulata()

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.

†Pterotheca undulata Hall 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:25:08
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:53:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Rocklandian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Pterotheca undulata (5346)