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Plagiothyra

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Plagiothyridae

Taxonomy
Plagiothyra was named by Whidborne (1892) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi D Fras Sepkoski's reference number: 362,797]. It is the type genus of Plagiothyridae.

It was assigned to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Plagiothyridae by Knight et al. (1960), Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Plagiothyra Whidborne
1960Plagiothyra Knight et al. p. 275
2002Plagiothyra Sepkoski
2005Plagiothyra Bouchet et al. pp. 133, 264

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCycloneritida()
orderNeritoina(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyNeritopsoidea
familyPlagiothyridae
genusPlagiothyra

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. †Plagiothyra Whidborne 1892
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Plagiothyra archon Whidborne 1889
Plagiothyra arietinus Whidborne 1892
Plagiothyra isekei Heidelberger and Amler 2002
Plagiothyra nobilis Holzapfel 1882
Plagiothyra purpurea d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
Plagiothyra suborbicularis Sandberger and Sandberger 1854
Plagiothyra tubericosta Sandberger and Sandberger 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Givetian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 383.40000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom (England) Monodonta archon (154672) P. purpurea (129878)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Hessen) P. purpurea (38354 38355) P. purpurea, P. tubericosta, P. suborbicularis (38353)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. multispiralis (102193) P. sp. (101680)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Sauerland) P. purpurea (51936) P. purpurea, P. tubericosta (56160) P. tubericosta (51967)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) P. multispiralis, P. purpurea, P. tubericosta (38358)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany Pleurotomaria nobilis (37046)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Germany P. isekei (28047)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) P. curlyjigga (38742)