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Pakistania antirotata

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Limacinidae

Taxonomy
Pakistania antirotata was named by Eames (1952). Its type specimen is BMNH G.68035, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.2060, Rakhi Nala, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in the Baska Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Pakistania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Pakistania antirotata Eames p. 11 figs. Pl 2, figs 50a-c, 51a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchiata(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderThecosomataBlainville 1823
familyLimacinidaeBlainville 1823
genusPakistania
speciesantirotata

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.

†Pakistania antirotata Eames 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:42:58
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:42:58
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan Pakistania antirotata (183829 183830)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan Pakistania antirotata (183827 type locality: 183828)