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

Callistadia punjabica

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria punjabica was named by Waagen (1880). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pleurotomaria (Plocostoma) punjabica by Reed (1944); it was recombined as Callistadia punjabica by Pan and Shen (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Pleurotomaria punjabica Waagen
1903Pleurotomaria punjabica Diener p. 100 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-3
1944Pleurotomaria (Plocostoma) punjabica Reed p. 331
2008Callistadia punjabica Pan and Shen p. 1039

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

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
genusCallistadia
speciespunjabica()

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.

†Callistadia punjabica Waagen 1880
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H.-Z. Pan and S.-Z. Shen 2008The new species [C. qubuergaensis] also resembles to C. punjabica (Waagen, 1880) from the topmost part of the Chhidru Formation in the Salt Range, Pakistan in shell profile, size, and selenizone (Waagen, 1880; Diener, 1903), but the body whorl of the present species [C. qubuergaensis] is more inflated [than that of C. punjabica].
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height29.458.5010.59.501.41
shell diameter210.29.0011.510.21.77

Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Changhsingian or 266.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Laos Pleurotomaria punjabica (125044)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Pleurotomaria punjabica (119674 125810)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Pleurotomaria punjabica (119553 119617 119656 126004 126699)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902India Pleurotomaria punjabica (230331)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Pakistan Pleurotomaria punjabica (119676 126708 126709 126751)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Pakistan Pleurotomaria punjabica (89061 90251 119554 119675 126883 126896 126898 126933 126934 126981 126988 126989)