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Platyostoma brownsportense

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Platyceras brownsportensis was named by Foerste (1903). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Diaphorostoma brownsportensis by Foerste (1909); it was recombined as Diaphorostoma brownsportense by Bassler (1915); it was recombined as Platyostoma brownsportense by Perry and Hattin (1960), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Platyceras brownsportensis Foerste p. 709
1909Diaphorostoma brownsportensis Foerste p. 64 figs. pl. 1 f. 14
1915Diaphorostoma brownsportense Bassler p. 408
1960Platyostoma brownsportense Perry and Hattin
2023Platyostoma brownsportense Wagner p. S7759

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusPlatyostoma
speciesbrownsportense()

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: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorsuperf
Ontogeny: accretionsuperf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: passively mobilef
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: coprophagef
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-08-15 08:04:13
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:16:03
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Knight et al. 1960, Batten 1984

Age range: Silurian or 443.10000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Indiana) Platyostoma brownsportense (75266)