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Ptychomphalina taramellii

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria (Ptychomphalina) taramellii was named by Spitz (1907) [Pleurotomaria (Ptychomphalina) Taramellii Spitz 1907]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ptychomphalina taramellii by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Pleurotomaria (Ptychomphalina) taramellii Spitz p. 126 figs. pl. 11 f. 23a-b
2023Ptychomphalina taramellii Wagner p. 4896

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyCoelozoninae
tribeMourloniides
genusPtychomphalina
speciestaramellii()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available