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Purpuroidea cerithiformis
Taxonomy
Purpuroidea cerithiformis was named by Kittl (1894). Its type specimen is NHMW 1899/V/639 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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1894 | Purpuroidea cerithiformis Kittl p. 235 figs. Pl 10, fig 32 |
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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.
†Purpuroidea cerithiformis Kittl 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 20.0 |
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Julian or 237.00000 to 233.60000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Julian | Italy | Purpuroidea cerithiformis (type locality: 144631) | |
| Carnian | Italy | Purpuroidea cerithiformis (164191) | |
| Carnian | Hungary | Purpuroidea cerithiformis (70883) |