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Porkuniconchus

Tentaculita - Cornulitida - Cornulitidae

Taxonomy

Species
P. fragilis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Porkuniconchus Vinn et al. p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
classTentaculitaBoucek 1964
subclassTentaculitida(Ljaschenko 1955)
orderCornulitidaBoucek 1964
familyCornulitidaeFischer 1962
genusPorkuniconchus

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.

G. †Porkuniconchus Vinn et al. 2024
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Porkuniconchus fragilis Vinn et al. 2024
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Vinn et al. 2024Almost straight, curved to slightly meandering tubes with thin calcareous walls and smooth lumen. The tube exterior is densely covered by fine fusiform irregular transverse ornamentation.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 12:13:15
Modified: 2009-10-11 14:13:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Leighton 2005, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Hirnantian or 445.20000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Estonia P. fragilis (234758)