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Dimorphotectus

Gastropoda - Proconulidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Flemmingia Kittl
1918Dimorphotectus Cossmann
1960Dimorphotectus Knight et al. p. 248
1981Dimorphotectus Szabo p. 58
2002Dimorphotectus Sepkoski
2002Flemmingia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTurbinoideaRafinesque 1815
familyProconulidae(Cox 1960)
genusDimorphotectusCossmann 1918

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.

G. †Dimorphotectus Cossmann 1918
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Invalid names: Flemmingia Kittl 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height78.044.8017.48.704.18

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesupero
Life habit: epifaunalsupero
Diet: grazersupero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:55:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:55:39
Source: supero = superorder, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Parkinsoni or 235.00000 to 167.70000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Yunnan) D. yunnanensis (165396)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Flemmingia bicarinata (144632) Flemmingia bistriata (69684) Flemmingia bistriata, Flemmingia bicarinata, Flemmingia granulata, Flemmingia acutecarinata (144631) Trochus bicarinatus, Trochus acuticarinatus (145649) Trochus bistriatus, Turritella sulcifera, Trochus laticostatus (137429)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy (Belluno) Flemmingia bistriata (207477)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Hungary D. sp. (118984)
Oxynotum - Raricostatum196.5 - 189.6Hungary (Veszprém Megye) D. sp. (81576)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Turkey D. sp. (158460 200773)
Humphresianum - Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7Hungary D. unicarinatus, D. bicarinatus (91409)