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Pedasiola

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Pedasiola was named by Spriesterbach (1919) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 362]. Its type is Pedasiola rhenana. It is the type genus of Pedasiolinae.

It was assigned to Pterothecinae by Knight et al. (1960); to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pedasiolinae by Wahlman (1992) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Species
P. rhenana (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Pedasiola Spriesterbach
1960Pedasiola Knight et al. p. 181
1992Pedasiola Wahlman
2002Pedasiola Sepkoski
2005Pedasiola Bouchet et al. pp. 127, 241

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPterothecidae
subfamilyPedasiolinae
genusPedasiola

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.

G. †Pedasiola Spriesterbach 1919
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Pedasiola rhenana Spriesterbach 1919
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 18:36:46
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:23:22
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Givetian or 387.70000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. rhenana (156533)