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Cyclothyca valanginiana

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Amathinidae

Taxonomy
Cyclothyca valanginiana was named by Kaim (2004). Its type specimen is ZPAL Ga.9/209, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample B3, Wạwał clay pit, which is in a Valanginian offshore claystone in Poland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Cyclothyca valanginiana Kaim p. 112 fig. 90

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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
superorderPylopulmonataTeasdale 2017
superfamilyPyramidelloidea(Gray 1840)
familyAmathinidaePonder 1987
genusCyclothyca
speciesvalanginiana

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
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:34:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:34:47
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland (Lodzkie) Cyclothyca valanginiana (type locality: 64835)