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Pleuroclymenia costata

Cephalopoda - Clymeniida - Platyclymeniidae

Taxonomy

Cyrtoclymenia costata was named by Lange (1929).

It was recombined as Pleuroclymenia costata by Becker (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. ohioense

Synonyms

Platyclymenia (Pleuroclymenia) crassissima was named by Schindewolf (1955).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pleuroclymenia costata by Becker (2000).
Gyroclymenia rotundata was named by Czarnocki (1989).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pleuroclymenia costata by Becker (2000).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1929	Cyrtoclymenia costata Lange pp. 24, 63 figs. Pl 2, fig 14
1955	Platyclymenia (Pleuroclymenia) crassissima Schindewolf p. 428
1989	Gyroclymenia rotundata Czarnocki p. 32 figs. Pl 1 figs 17,17a; pl 2, figs 8,8a; pl 39, fig 3b; pl 40, figs 2a,b
2000	Pleuroclymenia costata Becker p. 55 figs. Pl 1, figs 11-14; text-fig 10d

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Clymeniida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Clymeniina
superfamily	Platyclymeniaceae	Wedekind 1914
family	Platyclymeniidae	Wedekind 1914
subfamily	Pleuroclymeniinae	Korn 2002
genus	Pleuroclymenia	Schindewolf 1934
species	costata	(Lange 1929)

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.

†Pleuroclymenia costata Lange 1929

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Invalid names: Gyroclymenia rotundata Czarnocki 1989 [synonym], Platyclymenia (Pleuroclymenia) crassissima Schindewolf 1955 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	4	2.86	1.80	5.80	2.55	1.80
shell diameter	4	9.15	5.80	19.0	8.05	6.01
shell inflation	4	4.06	2.60	8.70	3.50	2.81

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

fast-movingo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2005-10-06 14:37:52

Modified:

2005-10-06 16:37:52

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Famennian or 368.50000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Famennian	368.5 - 365.2	Germany	Pleuroclymenia costata (172554 172555)
Middle Famennian	368.5 - 365.2	Kazakhstan	Cyrtoclymenia costata (172160)