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Pachyomphalus americanus

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Tricolnaticopsidae

Taxonomy
Pachyomphalus americanus was named by Batten and Stokes (1986). Its type specimen is AMNH 42983 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Pachyomphalus americanus Batten and Stokes p. 15 fig. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCycloneritida()
orderNeritoina(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyNeritopsoidea
familyTricolnaticopsidae
genusPachyomphalus
speciesamericanus

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.

Pachyomphalus americanus Batten and Stokes 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height22.102.002.202.100.141
shell diameter21.451.401.501.450.071

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Utah) Pachyomphalus americanus (type locality: 44283)