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Ochetochilus piceus

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy
Ochetochilus piceus was named by Szabo (1983). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bakony Mts. Somhegy, which is in a Subfurcatum/Garantiana marine limestone in the Hierlatz Limestone Formation of Hungary.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Ochetochilus piceus Szabo p. 43 figs. Pl. 3, Fig. 1-4

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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
genusOchetochilusCossmann 1899
speciespiceus

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.

†Ochetochilus piceus Szabo 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height317.5

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: base of the Subfurcatum to the top of the Garantiana or 170.90000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Subfurcatum - Garantiana170.9 - 168.2Hungary Ochetochilus piceus (type locality: 151886)