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Platyostoma ventricosum

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Platyostoma ventricosum was named by Conrad (1842). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Platyceras ventricosum by Hall (1859), Nettelroth (1889); it was recombined as Diaphorostoma ventricosum by Fischer (1885), Clarke (1908); it was recombined as Strophostylus ventricosus by Gillette (1947).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. varians

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Platyostoma ventricosum Conrad p. 206 figs. pl. 17 f. 5
1859Platyceras ventricosum Hall pp. 311; 475 figs. pl. 54 f. 1-4, 8; pl. 77 f. 4; pl. 118 f. 3-9
1885Diaphorostoma ventricosum Fischer p. 756
1889Platyceras ventricosum Nettelroth p. 168 figs. pl. 25 f. 10
1908Diaphorostoma ventricosum Clarke p. 149 figs. pl. 15 f. 17-23
1944Platyostoma ventricosum Knight and Bridge p. 473 figs. pl. 193 f. 3-4
1947Strophostylus ventricosus Gillette
1966Platyostoma ventricosum Boucot and Yochelson p. A11 figs. pl. 3 f. 18, 21-22
2023Platyostoma ventricosum Wagner p. 3804

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusPlatyostoma
speciesventricosum

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.

†Platyostoma ventricosum Conrad 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorsuperf
Ontogeny: accretionsuperf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: passively mobilef
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: coprophagef
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-08-15 08:04:13
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:16:03
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Batten 1984, Knight et al. 1960, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Pragian or 438.60000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (New York) Strophostylus ventricosus (82506 82518)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Maine) Platyostoma ventricosum (103303)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62USA (New York) Diaphorostoma ventricosum (160377)