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Peruniscus ramseyensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon ramseyensis was named by Hicks (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Side of Ogof Hên, Ramsey Island, which is in a Moridunian coastal mudstone in the Ogof Hen Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Sinuites ramseyensis by Reed (1921); it was recombined as Peruniscus ramseyensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Bellerophon ramseyensis Hicks p. 50 figs. pl. 3 f. 30-32
1921Sinuites ramseyensis Reed pp. 15 - 16
2023Peruniscus ramseyensis Wagner p. S2872

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
subfamilyTemnodiscinae
genusPeruniscus
speciesramseyensis()

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.

†Peruniscus ramseyensis Hicks 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-18 08:53:22
Modified: 2009-10-11 15:09:03
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Moridunian or 477.10000 to 473.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moridunian477.1 - 473.8United Kingdom (Wales) Bellerophon ramseyensis (type locality: 89324)