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Centrifugus planorbis

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Taxonomy
Centrifugus planorbis was named by Bronn (1835). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Centrifugus, Hisingeria.

It was recombined as Inachus planorbis by Hisinger (1837); it was recombined as Pleurotomaria planorbis by Lindström (1884) and Manten (1971); it was recombined as Hisingeria planorbis by Ulrich and Scofield (1897).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Centrifugus planorbis Bronn p. 97
1837Inachus planorbis Hisinger p. 37
1884Pleurotomaria planorbis Lindström pp. 122 - 124 figs. pl. 19 f. 30-39
1897Hisingeria planorbis Ulrich and Scofield pp. 1028 - 1029
1941Centrifugus planorbis Knight pp. 72 - 73 figs. pl. 72 f. 1a-d
1960Centrifugus planorbis Knight et al. p. 192 figs. f. 107.2a-b
1971Pleurotomaria planorbis Manten
1999Centrifugus planorbis Wagner
2023Centrifugus planorbis Wagner p. 729

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyEuomphalidae
genusCentrifugus
speciesplanorbis

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.

Centrifugus planorbis Bronn 1835
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Knight 1941Rather large, discoidal, widely phaneromphalous gastropods with strong revolving ornamentation and a sharp, V-shaped sinus in the outer lip rather close to the suture giving rise to a selenizone; whorl profile strongly rounded on the upper and outer whorl faces above a prominent, projecting, flangelike keel extending horizontally in continuation with the base; sutures moderately deep; nucleus and earlier whorls largely unknown; base widely phaneromphalous, very gently arched on the lower surface, more strongly arched as it turns into the umbilicus; columellar lip seemingly thin; parietal lip very narrow, the whorls only in contact by virtue of two inwardly directed flanges that grip the outwardly directed revolving flange of the previous whorl; outer lip with a deep narrow notchlike sinus rather close to the upper suture, the sinus culminating in a short slit that gives rise to a selenizone, the margin of the lip leaving the upper suture with strong backward obliquity and forward convexity into the sinus, leaving the sinus with a similar forward obliquity which continues only slightly weakened to the revolving groove just above the flangelike extension of the base where it curves sharply backward to the crest of the flange, the flange itself bearing a channel on its apertural face, proceeding on the base at first almost radially for a short distance, then turning gradually to a strong backward obliquity across most of the base and again turning roundly at the umbilical shoulder to a gentle forward obliquity on the umbilical slope; ornamentation a series from 8 to 10 strong revolving costae on the upper and outer whorl faces between the selenizone and the peripheral flange, the costae having broad flat interspaces with occasional intercalated costae of less strength in the interspaces, the base and umbilical slopes either without revolving ornamentation or with a few low, rather obscure costae best developed at earlier growth stages, transverse ornamentation fine, sharp lines of growth only which cross all the costae except the flange without being drawn back or retroussé; selenizone bordered by revolving striae and with coarse, irregular lunulae; shell rather thin except on the thickened flange, and o f two distinct layers; earlier whorls abandoned and partitioned off by transverse septa which are concave forward. A large chorotype before me measures 64 mm. in greatest diameter.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: "calcite"g
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-08-14 22:04:14
Modified: 2004-08-15 00:04:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Knight et al. 1960, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Gorstian to the top of the Whitcliffe or 427.40000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Pleurotomaria planorbis (13603 184502)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Pleurotomaria planorbis (13616 13619)
Whitcliffe421.3 - 419.2United Kingdom (England) Centrifugus planorbis (156545)