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Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Murex tricinctus was named by Brocchi (1814) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Northern Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cerithium tricinctum by Nyst (1835), Wood (1848); it was recombined as Potamides tricinctus by van Regteren Altena (1965); it was recombined as Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus by Harmer (1918), Marquet (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. acutus, P. amoricus, P. angulosus, P. annulatus, P. aspalagensis, P. bicostatus, P. bocapanensis, P. cahobasensis, P. caobensis, P. carbonica, P. cinctum, P. cinctus, P. concava, P. concavus, P. confluens, P. conjunctus, P. conoideus, P. cordieri, P. cornutus, P. crassicostatus, P. cristatus, P. disjunctus, P. disjunctus, P. dixoni, P. duplex, P. durranus, P. figolinum, P. fulvarupis, P. funatum, P. gamlitzensis, P. girondicus, P. hartbergensis, P. hillsboroensis, P. huzitai, P. infraliratus, P. interruptus, P. labyrinthus, P. lamarkii, P. lapidum, P. lewisana, P. menkrawitensis, P. micraulax, P. mitralis, P. nimpha, P. nodosoplicatum, P. nodosoplicatus, P. obscurus, P. ormei, P. ornata, P. packardi, P. patagonensis, P. perditus, P. plicatum, P. plicifera, P. qararaensis, P. scalaroides, P. scalatus, P. taitboutii, P. tayamaia, P. temalacensis, P. tristriatus, P. vagus, P. variabilis, P. variesculptus, P. ventricosum, P. ventricosus, P. wardi, P. woodringi, P. cylindraceus, P. zitteli, P. interruptus, P. pakistanicus, P. scalaroides, P. transecta, P. discolor, P. cristatus, P. dujardini, P. lapidum, P. perditus, P. tristriatus, P. mixtus, P. semicoronatus, P. baccatum, P. cinctus, P. einctus, P. margaritaceus, P. papaveraceas, P. subcinctum, P. semicoronatus, P. acutus, P. cornutus, P. trochlearispina, Ptychopotamides ancestralus, Ptychopotamides thenensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Murex tricinctus Brocchi p. 446 figs. pl. 9, fig. 23
1835Cerithium tricinctum Nyst p. 27
1848Cerithium tricinctum Wood p. 69
1918Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus Harmer p. 411
1965Potamides tricinctus van Regteren Altena p. 17
1997Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus Marquet p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusPotamidesBrongniart 1810
subgenusPtychopotamidesSacco 1895
speciestricinctus(Brocchi 1814)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy Potamides tricinctus (78335 78336 78337 78338)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium (Antwerpen) Potamides tricinctus (67030)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Cerithium tricinctum (84759 84819)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Belgium Potamides tricinctus (76985)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy Potamides tricinctus (178457 178779)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Cerithium tricinctum (84833 84834)