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Dictyotomaria euglyphea

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria euglyphea was named by Girty (1909). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2931 green, Guadalupe Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Baylea euglyphea by Chronic (1952); it was recombined as Dictyotomaria euglyphea by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Pleurotomaria euglyphea Girty
1909Pleurotomaria euglyphea Girty p. 468 figs. Pl 23, figs 22-23b
1952Baylea euglyphea Chronic p. 118
2023Dictyotomaria euglyphea Wagner p. S6914

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
genusDictyotomaria
specieseuglyphea()

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 height26.685.008.936.962.78

Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:14
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Roadian or 293.52000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Kashmir) Pleurotomaria euglyphea (86543)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Pleurotomaria euglyphea (type locality: 108822)