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Plesiotritoninae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Plesiotritoninae was named by Beu (1987) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8256].

It was assigned to Cancellariidae by Ponder and Warén (1988), Wilson (1994), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Plesiotritoninae Beu
1988Plesiotritoninae Ponder and Warén p. 307
1994Plesiotritoninae Wilson p. 179
1995Plesiotritoninae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 169
2005Plesiotritoninae Bouchet et al. p. 257

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyPlesiotritoninaeBeu 1987
subfamilyPlesiotritoninaeBeu 1987

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.

Subfm. †Plesiotritoninae Beu 1987
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G. Africotriton Beu 1987
G. †Plesiotriton Fischer 1884
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†Plesiotriton paytensis Olsson 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Bartonian or 70.60000 to 38.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Plesiotriton cretaceus (7590)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Plesiotriton sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Plesiotriton steni (176994)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Plesiotriton volutella (171526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Plesiotriton volutella (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) Plesiotriton paytensis (52526)