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Purpurina subpleurotomaria

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy
Turbo subpleurotomarius was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Purpurina subpleurotomaria by Kittl (1892).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. condensata, P. falloti, P. liassica, P. minima, P. ornatissima, P. plicata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Turbo subpleurotomarius Münster p. 115 figs. Pl 12, fig 12
1843Pleurotomaria plicatonodosa Klipstein p. 169 figs. Pl 10, fig 32
1843Melania latescalata Klipstein p. 190 figs. Pl 12, fig 29
1892Purpurina subpleurotomaria Kittl p. 64 figs. Pl 6, figs 6-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
genusPurpurinad'Orbigny 1850
speciessubpleurotomaria()

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.

†Purpurina subpleurotomaria Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Melania latescalata Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Pleurotomaria plicatonodosa Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height48.205.3010.59.052.31

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:51:34
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:51:34
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Julian or 237.00000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Pleurotomaria plicatonodosa (145649) Purpurina subpleurotomaria (144631) Turbo subpleurotomarius (137429)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Purpurina subpleurotomaria (164191)