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Peruniscus pusillus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Temnodiscus pusillus was named by Perner (1903) [Temnodiscus pusillus Barrande in Perner 1903]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Peruniscus.

It was recombined as Tropidodiscus (Peruniscus) pusillus by Horný (1962); it was recombined as Tropidodiscus pusillus by Horný (1997), Horný (1997); it was recombined as Peruniscus pusillus by Horný (1963), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Temnodiscus pusillus Perner
1962Tropidodiscus (Peruniscus) pusillus Horný p. 474
1963Peruniscus pusillus Horný pp. 117 - 118 figs. pl. 30 f. 1-7; pl. 31 f. 1
1997Tropidodiscus pusillus Horný pp. 52 - 53 figs. pl. 9 f. 10-11; pl. 10 f. 1-5
2023Peruniscus pusillus Wagner p. 300

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
subfamilyTemnodiscinae
genusPeruniscus
speciespusillus()

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.

Peruniscus pusillus Perner 1903
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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

Age range: base of the Oretanian to the top of the Dobrotivian or 468.00000 to 459.70000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarka469.4 - 463.3Czechia Temnodiscus pusillus (95017) Tropidodiscus pusillus (3857 95015)
Sarka469.4 - 463.3Czechia (Plzeňský) Temnodiscus pusillus (95016)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Morocco Tropidodiscus pusillus (20985 56176 56177 56178)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2France (Loire-Atlantique) Tropidodiscus acutus (185523)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Czechia Tropidodiscus pusillus (3859)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7France (Loire-Atlantique) Tropidodiscus acutus (185521) Tropidodiscus sp. (20889)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Guadalajara) Tropidodiscus pusillus (194899 194900)