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Phragmolites compressus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Taxonomy
Phragmolites compressus was named by Conrad (1838). It is not extant. It is the type species of Phragmolites.

It was recombined as Cyrtolites compressus by Hall (1847), Hall (1861), Chamberlin (1883), Lesley (1889); it was recombined as Conradella compressus by Ulrich and Scofield (1897).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Phragmolites compressus Conrad p. 119
1847Cyrtolites compressus Hall p. 188 figs. pl. 40A f. 2a-f
1861Cyrtolites compressus Hall
1883Cyrtolites compressus Chamberlin
1889Cyrtolites compressus Lesley
1897Conradella compressus Ulrich and Scofield pp. 906, 908
1897Conradella similis Ulrich and Scofield pp. 906 - 907
1903Phragmolites compressus Weller
1909Phragmolites compressus Grabau and Shimer p. 617
1915Phragmolites similis Bassler
1951Phragmolites compressus Wilson pp. 29 - 30 figs. pl. 2 f. 17-18
1960Phragmolites compressus Knight et al. p. 179 figs. f. 95.2
1969Phragmolites compressus Liberty
1991Phragmolites compressus Peel p. 115
1992Phragmolites compressus Wahlman pp. 120 - 121 figs. pl. 42 f. 14; pl. 44 f. 1-4
2023Phragmolites compressus Wagner p. 307

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBucaniidae
subfamilyBucaniinae
genusPhragmolites
speciescompressus

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.

†Phragmolites compressus Conrad 1838
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Invalid names: Phragmolites similis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:26:19
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:24:11
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Edenian or 457.30000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Phragmolites compressus (104422 184671 185449 185460)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Conradella similis (155399)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Phragmolites compressus (26192)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Phragmolites compressus (75226)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Phragmolites compressus (154703)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Phragmolites compressus (23558)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Phragmolites compressus (23579 23584)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Phragmolites compressus (23659 23664 23667 23668 23670)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Phragmolites compressus (157242)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Phragmolites compressus (26263)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Phragmolites compressus (23588)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Phragmolites compressus (23678)