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Glabrocingulum (Stenozone) johnstonei

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Platyteichum johnstonei was named by Dickins (1961). Its type specimen is UWA 42115, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Merlinleigh Homestead, 4.5 miles SW, which is in a Kungurian marine sandstone in the Norton Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Glabrocingulum (Stenozone) johnstonei by Swart (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. antiqua, G. gravillense, G. ornatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Platyteichum johnstonei Dickins p. 134 figs. Pl 17, figs 9-12
1998Glabrocingulum (Stenozone) johnstonei Swart p. 168 figs. 2A-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
subtribeGlabrocingulides
genusGlabrocingulum()
subgenusStenozone
speciesjohnstonei()

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height528.022.032.029.03.96

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: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Glabrocingulum johnstonei (84344) Platyteichum johnstonei (106690 type locality: 107318 107319)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Western Australia) Platyteichum johnstonei (83635)