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Archaeocyclotus plicatula

Gastropoda - Cyclophoridae

Taxonomy
Archaeocyclotus plicatula was named by Asato and Hirano (2019). Its type specimen is NMNS PM 27992, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NMNS Tsukuba collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar. It is the type species of Archaeocyclotus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Archaeocyclotus plicatula Asato and Hirano p. 3 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Architaenioglossa(Haller 1890)
superfamilyCyclophoroideaGray 1847
familyCyclophoridaeGray 1847
genusArchaeocyclotus
speciesplicatula

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.

Archaeocyclotus plicatula Asato and Hirano 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:12:06
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:12:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 112.03000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Myanmar (Sagaing) Archaeocyclotus plicatula (231079)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Archaeocyclotus plicatula (type locality: 231078)