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Ptychospirina

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Ptychospirina was named by Perner (1907) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl-u D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 362,1197]. It is not extant. Its type is Ptychospira senaria.

It was assigned to Platyceratidae by Knight et al. (1960); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Ptychospira Perner
1907Ptychospirina Perner
1960Ptychospirina Knight et al. pp. 242-243
2002Ptychospirina Sepkoski

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

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. †Ptychospirina Perner 1907
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†Ptychospirina mima Perner 1903
†Ptychospirina senaria Perner 1907
†Ptychospirina varians Hall 1876
Invalid names: Ptychospira Perner 1903 [replaced]
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, Batten 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Tournaisian or 427.40000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0China (Yunnan) P. sp. (56660)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Czech Republic (Praha) P. senaria (155864)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Bohemia) Holopea mima (104794)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Ohio) Strophostylus varians (129948)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (Manitoba) P. sp. (6724)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Ptychospira sp. (58018)