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Dictyobembix aspera

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria aspera was named by Sedgwick and Murchison (1840) [Sowerby in]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pleurotomaria (Gyroma) aspera by Whidborne (1896); it was recombined as Phymatopleura aspera by Amler and Heidelberger (2003) and Wagner et al. (2007); it was recombined as Dictyobembix aspera by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Pleurotomaria aspera Sedgwick and Murchison figs. pl. 54 f. 16
1841Pleurotomaria aspera Phillips p. 96 figs. pl. 37 f. 177c-d, 177* (non a-b)
1896Pleurotomaria (Gyroma) aspera Whidborne p. 57 figs. pl. 6 f. 11-13 (not 10, 10a-b)
2003Phymatopleura aspera Amler and Heidelberger pp. 1178 - 1179 figs. f. 10c-d; 11a-d
2007Phymatopleura aspera Wagner et al. p. appendix
2023Dictyobembix aspera Wagner p. S2538

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
genusDictyobembix
speciesaspera()

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.

Dictyobembix aspera Sedgwick and Murchison 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:14
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7United Kingdom (England) Phymatopleura aspera (38143 68173)