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Coelostylina rotundata

Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae

Taxonomy
Coelostylina rotundata was named by Dietz (1911). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burgberg, near Nordhausen, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate dolomite in the Zechstein Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. elatior, C. mandawaensis, C. minuta, C. stockleyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Coelostylina rotundata Dietz p. 488 figs. Pl 15, fig 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyCoelostylinidaeCossmann 1909
genusCoelostylina
speciesrotundata

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.

†Coelostylina rotundata Dietz 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany Coelostylina rotundata (type locality: 208944)