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Procerithium nulloi

Gastropoda - Procerithiidae

Taxonomy
Cryptaulax nulloi was named by Ferrari (2009). Its type specimen is MPEF-PI 1870, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PA 06, Puesto Currumil, Sierra del Cerro Negro, which is in a Falciferum coastal sandstone in the Osta Arena Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Procerithium nulloi by Ferrari (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Cryptaulax nulloi Ferrari p. 457 figs. 3F-H
2012Procerithium nulloi Ferrari p. 328 figs. 2L-T, 4A-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Cerithiimorpha(Golikov and Starobogatov 1975)
familyProcerithiidaeCossmann 1905
genusProcerithiumCossmann 1902
speciesnulloi()

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.

†Procerithium nulloi Ferrari 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height96.022.709.806.002.51

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: grazersubo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:18:02
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:18:02
Source: subo = suborder, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Falciferum to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Argentina (Chubut) Procerithium nulloi (133006)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Argentina (Chubut) Cryptaulax nulloi (type locality: 133010) Procerithium nulloi (133009 133011 133012)