Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Pseudotritonium sciaphosterum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Maturifusidae

Taxonomy
Kittliconcha sciaphostera was named by Batten and Stokes (1986). Its type specimen is AMNH 42994 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH3026, Windowblind Butte, San Rafael Swell, which is in a Smithian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal packstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Pseudotritonium sciaphosterum by Nützel (2010).

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2009-01-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Kittliconcha sciaphostera Batten and Stokes p. 19 figs. 26-28
2005Kittliconcha sciaphostera Nützel and Schulbert fig. 11C
2010Pseudotritonium sciaphosterum Nützel p. 18 fig. 5

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
familyMaturifusidaeGründel 2001
genusPseudotritonium
speciessciaphosterum()

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.

†Pseudotritonium sciaphosterum Batten and Stokes 1986
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available