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Latitaenia rotelloidea

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria rotelloidea was named by Koken (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Latitaenia.

It was recombined as Latitaenia rotelloidea by Koken and Perner (1925), Knight (1941), Yochelson (1963), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Pleurotomaria rotelloidea Koken pp. 394
1897Pleurotomaria rotelloidea Koken p. 153
1925Latitaenia rotelloidea Koken and Perner pp. 182 - 183 figs. pl. 31 f. 23
1941Latitaenia rotelloidea Knight p. 167 figs. pl. 26 f. 5
1963Latitaenia rotelloidea Yochelson p. 199 figs. pl. 7 f. 1
2023Latitaenia rotelloidea Wagner p. S1599

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyCoelozoninae
tribeCoelozonides
genusLatitaenia
speciesrotelloidea()

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.

Latitaenia rotelloidea Koken 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Pirgu or 449.50000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) Pleurotomaria rotelloidea (167758)