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Ptychozone

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Ptychozone was named by Perner (1907) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1197]. It is not extant. Its type is Worthenia aberrans.

It was reranked as Pleurotomaria (Ptychozone) by Perner (1907).

It was assigned to Pleurotomaria by Perner (1907); to Pleurotomarioidea by Knight et al. (1960); to Lophospiridae by Wagner (1999); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Ptychozone Perner
1907Pleurotomaria (Ptychozone) Perner p. 27
1960Ptychozone Knight et al. p. 223
1999Ptychozone Wagner
2002Ptychozone Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusPtychozone

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. †Ptychozone Perner 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2024-02-04 19:53:32
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
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