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Promathildia subornata

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gordenellidae

Taxonomy

Turritella subornata 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 subornata by Kittl (1894), Pan (1977).

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

Turritella cylindrica 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 synonymized subjectively with Promathildia subornata by Kittl (1894).
Turritella amalthea was named by Klipstein (1843).

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

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1841	Turritella cylindrica Münster p. 121 figs. Pl 13, fig 33
1841	Turritella subornata Münster p. 121 figs. Pl 13, fig 34
1843	Turritella cilindrica Klipstein p. 179 figs. Pl 11, fig 26
1843	Turritella amalthea Klipstein p. 185 figs. Pl 11, fig 19
1894	Promathildia subornata Kittl p. 230 figs. Pl 10, figs 7-12
1977	Promathildia subornata Pan p. 132 figs. Pl 8, fig 6

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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	subornata	()

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 subornata Münster 1841

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Invalid names: Turritella amalthea Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Turritella cylindrica Münster 1841 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	3	23.1	18.0	27.5	25.0	4.92

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 Longobardian to the top of the Alaunian or 239.48000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Longobardian	239.48 - 237.0	Italy (Trentino)	Promathildia subornata (44953)
Julian	237.0 - 233.6	Italy	Promathildia subornata (69659 69668 69676 69677 69679 69680 144631) Turritella subornata, Turritella cylindrica (137429)
Alaunian	215.38 - 211.18	China (Yunnan)	Promathildia subornata (165405)