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Platychilina obliqua

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Delphinulopsidae

Taxonomy
Platychilina obliqua was named by Tong and Erwin (2001). Its type specimen is USNM 485617 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guojiashan Section, Bed 20, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in the Guojiashan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Platychilina obliqua Tong and Erwin p. 26 figs. Pl 5, figs 12-18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCycloneritida()
orderNeritoina(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyNeritopsoidea
familyDelphinulopsidae
subfamilyPlatychilininae
genusPlatychilina
speciesobliqua

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.

Platychilina obliqua Tong and Erwin 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height310.16.0013.213.04.10

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Gansu) Platychilina obliqua (119265 type locality: 119266)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Sichuan) Platychilina obliqua (119275)