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Pletzachia furcata

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Pletzachia furcata was named by Kollmann (2009). Its type specimen is NHMW 2008z0015/0009, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pletzach Alm close to Kramsach, Tyrol, which is in a Santonian marine horizon in Austria. It is the type species of Pletzachia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Pletzachia furcata Kollmann pp. 41-42 figs. 4.1-4.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyAnchurinae
genusPletzachia
speciesfurcata

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.

Pletzachia furcata Kollmann 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. A. Kollmann 2009Shell large, shoulder of last whorl passing into keel of the wing and extending farther into the prominent distal digitation. Proximal digitation very long and narrow, almost parallel to shell axis. Small thorn between digitations.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:55:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 22:54:17
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Pletzachia furcata (type locality: 176739)