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Plesiotriton

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Plesiotriton was named by Fischer (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 914].

It was assigned to Plesiotritoninae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cancellariidae by Schnetler and Petit (2006).

Species
P. cretaceus, P. paytensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. steni, P. volutella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Plesiotriton Fischer
1995Plesiotriton Pacaud and Le Renard p. 169
2002Plesiotriton Sepkoski
2006Plesiotriton Schnetler and Petit p. 99

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyPlesiotritoninaeBeu 1987
genusPlesiotritonFischer 1884

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. †Plesiotriton Fischer 1884
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†Plesiotriton paytensis Olsson 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Bartonian or 72.20000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) P. cretaceus (7590)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland P. sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark P. steni (176994)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France P. volutella (171526)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Peru (Piura) P. paytensis (52526)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France P. volutella (78567)