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Trochotoma (Discotoma) multipleura

Gastropoda - Trochotomidae

Taxonomy
Trochotoma (Discotoma) multipleura was named by Pan (1977). Its type specimen is NIGP 24183, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is YHS458, Heping township, Jinggu County, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in the Weiyuanjiang Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. amata, T. mastoidea, T. obtusa, T. petrariae, T. praecursor, T. tabulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Trochotoma (Discotoma) multipleura Pan p. 97 figs. Pl 2, fig 13; text-fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyPleurotomarioidea(Swainson 1840)
familyTrochotomidaeCox 1960
genusTrochotomaEudes-Deslongchamps 1843
subgenusDiscotoma
speciesmultipleura

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height117.3

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-21 10:46:28
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:46:28
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3China (Yunnan) Trochotoma multipleura (type locality: 165315)