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Pachycerithium richardi

Gastropoda - Pachychilidae

Taxonomy
Pachycerithium richardi was named by Banerjee and Halder (2024). Its type specimen is PG/CG/Cr22, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Pachycerithium richardi Banerjee and Halder p. 19 figs. 6P-V

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPachychilidaeTroschel 1857
genusPachycerithium
speciesrichardi

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.

Pachycerithium richardi Banerjee and Halder 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Banerjee and K. Halder 2024Shell slender and turreted with long spire; flat-sided
spire whorls; prominent spiral and axial ribs in early whorls,
axial ribs persist and become stronger in late ontogeny, spirals
weaken, then completely disappear after sixth or seventh whorl,
base of last whorl bear only spirals, axial ribs disappear in the
dorsal side of the last whorl; inner lip calloused; aperture with a
long and deflected anterior canal, no posterior canal; no varices
on whorl surface
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:14:09
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:14:09
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Pachycerithium richardi (235626 235627 236692)