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Orthonychia pentalvea

Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae

Taxonomy
Orthonychia pentalvea was named by Talent and Philip (1956). Its type locality is Old Toongabbie Marble Quarry, Lower Quarry, Marble Creek, which is in a Siegen carbonate limestone in the Toongabble Limestone Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. aliena, O. anquis, O. bohemica, O. striatulus, Platyceras alienum, Platyceras auquis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Orthonychia pentalvea Talent and Philip pp. 65 - 66 figs. pl. 7 f. 28-29
2023Orthonychia pentalvea Wagner p. 4672

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCyrtoneritida()
familyOrthonychiidae
genusOrthonychia
speciespentalvea

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.

†Orthonychia pentalvea Talent and Philip 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-04 11:04:31
Modified: 2010-02-04 13:04:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Ohern and Maynard 1913

Age range: Siegen or 413.02000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Siegen413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) Orthonychia pentalvea (type locality: 56699)