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Ptychomphalina banschangensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria (Ptychomphalina) banschangensis was named by Reed (1944). Its type specimen is GSI 17215, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of pt 2263, ESE of Chhidru, Bellerophon bed, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Ptychomphalina banschangensis by Clapham (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Pleurotomaria (Ptychomphalina) banschangensis Reed p. 330 figs. Pl 57, fig 4
2015Ptychomphalina banschangensis Clapham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyCoelozoninae
tribeMourloniides
genusPtychomphalina
speciesbanschangensis()

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
partNmean
shell height18.50

Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Pakistan Pleurotomaria banschangensis (type locality: 126896)