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Pterotheca lata

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Pterotheca lata was named by Teichert (1930) [= Aulacomerella macroderma Huene 1900 p. 210 - 214 pl. 4 f. 1a-c; (not pl. 4 f. 2-3 = Pterotheca estona)]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kirna, which is in a Vormsi marine shale in the Korgessaare Formation of Estonia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pterotheca lata Teichert pp. 69 - 70
1935Pterotheca lata Teichert p. 168
1960Pterotheca lata Knight et al. p. 182
2023Pterotheca lata Wagner p. 3617

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPterothecidae
subfamilyPterothecinae
genusPterotheca
specieslata

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.

Pterotheca lata Teichert 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:25:08
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:53:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Vormsi or 449.90000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Harju) Aulacomerella macroderma (type locality: 156588)