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Ibergia centrifuga

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria centrifuga was named by Römer (1843). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Grund, northwest of Hartz mountains, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Cürten Strata Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Euryzone centrifuga by Koken (1896); it was recombined as Ibergia centrifuga by Blodgett and Frýda (1999), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Pleurotomaria centrifuga Römer p. 28 figs. pl. 7 f. 11a-b
1885Pleurotomaria centrifuga Clarke p. 341
1896Euryzone centrifuga Koken p. 508
1999Ibergia centrifuga Blodgett and Frýda p. 299 figs. f. 6a-e
2023Ibergia centrifuga Wagner p. 3785

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyCoelozoninae
genusIbergia
speciescentrifuga()

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.

Ibergia centrifuga Römer 1843
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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

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany Pleurotomaria centrifuga (156553)