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Australorbis spectabilis

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae

Taxonomy
Planorbis spectabilis was named by Meek (1860).

It was recombined as Australorbis spectabilis by Yen (1946).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Planorbis spectabilis Meek
1946Australorbis spectabilis Yen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderHygrophila(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyPlanorboideaRafinesque 1815
familyPlanorbidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAustralorbisYen 1946
speciesspectabilis(Meek 1860)

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
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:25:20
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:25:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Bridgerian or 50.30000 to 46.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Australorbis spectabilis (197776 197777 197778)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Australorbis spectabilis (191224 191225 191226 191227 191228)