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Leptozone esthetica

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria (Leptozone) esthetica was named by Perner (1907). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Area between the villages of Měňany and Koněprusy, which is in a Pragian marine horizon in the Praha Formation of the Czech Republic. It is the type species of Leptozone, Pleurotomaria (Leptozone).

It was recombined as Leptozone esthetica by Knight (1941), Knight et al. (1960) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Pleurotomaria (Leptozone) esthetica Perner pp. 29 - 30 figs. pl. 92 f. 11-15; pl. 95 f. 1-4; text fig
1941Leptozone esthetica Knight pp. 171 - 172 figs. pl. 22 f. 3a-b
1960Leptozone esthetica Knight et al. p. 198 figs. f. 112,10
2023Leptozone esthetica Wagner p. 1603

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyTurbonellininae
genusLeptozone()
speciesesthetica()

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.

Leptozone esthetica Perner 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:14
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Pragian or 438.50000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Jiangsu) Leptozone esthetica (56661)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Bohemia) Pleurotomaria esthetica (type locality: 104794)