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Promathildia subcancellata

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gordenellidae

Taxonomy

Cerithium subcancellatum 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 Promathildia subcancellata by Kittl (1894).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Cerithium pygmaeum, P. ammoni, P. cretacea, P. elongata, P. gedli, P. humberti, P. margaritacea, P. opalini, P. parva, P. rhaetica, P. semele, P. stuorensis, P. tongoboryensis, P. turritellae, P. venusta, P. vierowiensis, P. semele

Synonyms

Cerithium quadrangulatum was named by Klipstein (1843).

It was synonymized subjectively with Promathildia subcancellata by Kittl (1894).
Cerithium fenestratum was named by Laube (1869).

It was synonymized subjectively with Promathildia subcancellata by Kittl (1894).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1841	Cerithium subcancellatum Münster p. 123 figs. Pl 13, fig 46
1843	Cerithium quadrangulatum Klipstein p. 181 figs. Pl 11, fig 32
1869	Cerithium fenestratum Laube p. 9 figs. Pl 30, fig 1
1894	Promathildia subcancellata Kittl p. 221 figs. Pl 9, figs 27-32

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
order	Heterostropha	()
order	Allogastropoda	Haszprunar 1985
superfamily	Mathildoidea	Dall 1889
family	Gordenellidae	Gründel 2000
genus	Promathildia	Andreae 1887
species	subcancellata	()

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.

†Promathildia subcancellata Münster 1841

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Invalid names: Cerithium fenestratum Laube 1869 [synonym], Cerithium quadrangulatum Klipstein 1843 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	4	11.3	7.20	22.0	10.2	6.57

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 Danian or 237.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Julian	237.0 - 233.6	Italy	Cerithium subcancellatum (137429) Promathildia subcancellata (69664 144631 144633 144634 202422)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Hungary (Bakony)	Promathildia subcancellata (203197 203210 203276)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Austria (Niederösterreich)	Cerithium fenestratum (87001)