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Microdoma variegata

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Microdomatidae

Taxonomy
Microdoma variegata was named by Batten (1979). Its type specimen is AMNH 40845 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the H.S. Lee Formation of Malaysia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Microdoma variegata Batten p. 7 figs. 4-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyMicrodomatidae
genusMicrodoma
speciesvariegata

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.

Microdoma variegata Batten 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height73.882.305.004.200.890
shell diameter72.851.804.003.200.840

Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: "calcite"f
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-01-28 07:56:10
Modified: 2010-01-28 09:56:10
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Bandel et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Malaysia (Perak) Microdoma variegata (type locality: 62131)