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Paraporcellia cornuarietis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria cornuarietis was named by Sandberger and Sandberger (1853) [Pleurotomaria cornu-arietis Sandberger & Sandberger 1854]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Porcellia cornuarietis by Holzapfel (1895), Beyer (1896), Bandel (1993), Frýda (1998), Heidelberger (2001); it was recombined as Paraporcellia cornuarietis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Pleurotomaria cornuarietis Sandberger and Sandberger p. 185 figs. pl. 22 f. 11, 11a-b
1895Porcellia cornuarietis Holzapfel p. 210 figs. pl. 15 f. 12-13
1896Porcellia cornuarietis Beyer p. 77 figs. pl. 2 f. 44
1993Porcellia cornuarietis Bandel p. 51 figs. pl. 2 f. 5-6, 9-10, 13; pl. 3 f. 3-7, 9,
1998Porcellia cornuarietis Frýda p. 97 figs. pl. 17 f. 3
2001Porcellia cornuarietis Heidelberger p. 107 figs. txt. f. 107
2023Paraporcellia cornuarietis Wagner p. 3959

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyPorcelliidae
subfamilyPorcelliinae
genusParaporcellia()
speciescornuarietis()

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.

Paraporcellia cornuarietis Sandberger and Sandberger 1853
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedsuperf
Created: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: Early/Lower Givetian or 387.95000 to 385.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Porcellia cornuarietis (235157)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Hessen) Porcellia cornuarietis (38353 38356)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Porcellia cornuarietis (38358)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Pleurotomaria cornuarietis (44265)