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Platyteichum brenensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria brenensis was named by Reed (1932). It is a mold. Its type locality is Bren Spur D, which is in a Sakmarian coastal shale in the Agglomeratic Slate Formation of India.

It was recombined as Platyteichum brennensis by Dickins (1961) and Waterhouse (1963); it was recombined as Glabrocingulum (Stenozone) brennensis by Batten (1972); it was recombined as Platyteichum brenensis by Waterhouse and Chen (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Pleurotomaria brenensis Reed p. 64 figs. Pl 12, figs 2-4a
1961Platyteichum brennensis Dickins
1963Platyteichum brennensis Waterhouse pp. 130 - 131
1972Glabrocingulum (Stenozone) brennensis Batten p. 21 figs. 16-18
2006Platyteichum brenensis Waterhouse and Chen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
tribeDeseretospirides
genusPlatyteichum
speciesbrenensis()

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height336.425.051.037.913.0
shell diameter341.133.949.841.811.2

Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:14
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 293.52000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Kashmir) Pleurotomaria brenensis (86536 type locality: 86538)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Malaysia (Perak) Glabrocingulum brennensis (62131)