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Francocerithium kochi

Gastropoda - Cryptaulacidae

Taxonomy
Turbo kochii was named by Goldfuss (1844). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Procerithium kochi by Nützel and Kiessling (1997); it was recombined as Rhynchocerithium kochi by Gründel and Nützel (1998); it was recombined as Francocerithium kochi by Nützel and Gründel (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Turbo kochii Goldfuss p. 91 figs. Pl. 103, Fig. 15
1997Procerithium kochi Nützel and Kiessling p. 392 figs. Pl. 35, Fig. 3-4
1998Rhynchocerithium kochi Gründel and Nützel p. 69 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 8-10; Pl. 3, Fig. 1
2007Francocerithium kochi Nützel and Gründel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCryptaulacidaeGründel 1976
genusFrancocerithiumNützel and Gründel
specieskochi(Goldfuss 1844)

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.

Francocerithium kochi Goldfuss 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height23.351.706.604.153.46

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:17:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:17:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Germany Rhynchocerithium kochi (23813)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany Rhynchocerithium kochi (23625 23814 23817 23818 23839 23840 23841 23842 23843 23844 23845 23846 23847 23848)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) Rhynchocerithium kochi (23849 23851 23852 23853 23854 23855 23856 23857 23858 23859 23860)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany Francocerithium kochi (159446)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) Rhynchocerithium kochi, Francocerithium kochi (25502)