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Pharetrolites elegans

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Temnodiscus elegans was named by Koken and Perner (1925) [Temnodiscus elegans Koken in Koken & Perner 1925]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pharetrolites elegans by Yochelson (1963), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Temnodiscus elegans Koken and Perner
1955Temnodiscus elegans Vostokova pp. 108 - 109 figs. pl. 6 f. 2
1963Pharetrolites elegans Yochelson pp. 153 - 154 figs. pl. 1 f. 9, 13-14
2023Pharetrolites elegans Wagner p. 304

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
subfamilyTemnodiscinae
genusPharetrolites
specieselegans(Koken and Perner 1925)

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.

Pharetrolites elegans Koken and Perner 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-18 08:53:22
Modified: 2009-10-11 15:09:03
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
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