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Coelostylina medea

Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae

Taxonomy
Coelostylina medea was named by Kittl (1894). Its type specimen is NHMW 1899/V/490 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Wiener Hofsmuseums coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Coelostylina medea Kittl p. 184 figs. Pl 5, fig 10
1899Coelostylina medea Kittl p. 141
1953Coelostylina medea Haas p. 136 figs. Pl 7, figs 62,63

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyCoelostylinidaeCossmann 1909
genusCoelostylina
speciesmedea

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.

Coelostylina medea Kittl 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height34.292.5710.62.904.54

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: base of the Julian to the top of the Rhaetian or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Coelostylina medea (type locality: 144631)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Peru Coelostylina medea (68096 68119)