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Platyceras (Orthonychia) conoideum

Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae

Taxonomy
Platyceras conoideum was named by Barrois (1889) [Platyceras conoïdeum]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chateau-Briant, just east of Erbray, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Calcaire d’Erbray Formation of France.

It was recombined as Platyceras (Orthonychia) conoideum by Holzapfel (1895).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Platyceras conoideum Barrois p. 196 figs. pl. 13 f. 4
1895Platyceras (Orthonychia) conoideum Holzapfel pp. 174 - 176 figs. pl. 15 f. 4-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCyrtoneritida()
familyOrthonychiidae
genusPlatyceras
subgenusOrthonychia
speciesconoideum()

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
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-04 11:04:31
Modified: 2010-02-04 13:04:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Ohern and Maynard 1913, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Emsian or 410.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47France Platyceras conoideum (154581)