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Plagiothyra archon

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Plagiothyridae

Taxonomy
Monodonta archon was named by Whidborne (1889). It is not extant. Its type locality is Chudleigh, North Devon, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Lummaton Shell Bed Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Plagiothyra archon by Whidborne (1892), Frýda (2000), Heidelberger (2001), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Monodonta archon Whidborne p. 30
1892Plagiothyra archon Whidborne figs. pl. 26 f. 6-6a
2000Plagiothyra archon Frýda p. 366
2001Plagiothyra archon Heidelberger pp. 166 - 167
2023Plagiothyra archon Wagner p. 2666

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCycloneritida()
orderNeritoina(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyNeritopsoidea
familyPlagiothyridae
genusPlagiothyra
speciesarchon()

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.

Plagiothyra archon Whidborne 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom (England) Monodonta archon (type locality: 154672)