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Paracerithium vixstriatum

Gastropoda - Procerithiidae

Taxonomy
Paracerithium vixstriatum was named by Haas (1953). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro de Pasco area, Ninacaca, loc. 86, which is in a Rhaetian marine limestone in Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Paracerithium vixstriatum Haas p. 230 figs. Pl 15, figs 57-64,69,70,73-75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Cerithiimorpha(Golikov and Starobogatov 1975)
familyProcerithiidaeCossmann 1905
subfamilyParacerithiinaeCossmann 1906
genusParacerithiumCossmann 1902
speciesvixstriatum

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 height162.721.745.042.631.05

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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Rhaetian or 227.30000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Peru Paracerithium vixstriatum (144484)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Peru Paracerithium vixstriatum (type locality: 68119)