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Pseudocybele nasuta

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mesoserphidae

Taxonomy
Pseudocybele nasuta was named by Ross (1951) [Paratypes: YPM 18234, 18236-45, 18332, 18381]. Its type specimen is YPM 18255, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 8, Clarkston Mountains, Zone "J", which is in a Blackhillsian shallow subtidal limestone in the Garden City Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Pseudocybele.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Pseudocybele nasuta Ross p. 138 figs. Pl. 33, fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
—Yangprocta
superfamilyCynipoidea
superfamilyPlatygastroidea
familyMesoserphidae
familyPeleserphidae
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyCybelopsinae
genusPseudocybele
speciesnasuta

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.

†Pseudocybele nasuta Ross 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 07:58:26
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:58:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Blackhillsian or 486.40000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Ordovician486.85 - 471.3USA (Utah) Pseudocybele nasuta (77844 77845)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) Pseudocybele nasuta (10902 10905 10917 10918 10921 10922 10924 10925)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Pseudocybele nasuta (77184 104433)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Pseudocybele nasuta (63810 63839 63840 63842 63843 63846 63928 63931 type locality: 103831 103917 104133 104262 104263 104264)