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Frydacosta minuta

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Frydacosta minuta was named by Cook and Nützel (2005). Its type specimen is QMF 43371, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is QML 1092, 500 m northwest of type section creek for Dosey Limestone, which is in a Givetian marine mudstone in the Papilio Mudstone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Frydacosta.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Frydacosta minuta Cook and Nützel pp. 392 - 393 figs. 1A-M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyAnomphalinae()
genusFrydacosta
speciesminuta

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.

†Frydacosta minuta Cook and Nützel 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:48:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:48:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Givetian or 387.70000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) Frydacosta minuta (type locality: 39872)