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Platyworthenia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Platyworthenia was named by Chronic (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: P Wc Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. Its type is Platyworthenia delicata.

It was synonymized subjectively with Worthenia by Knight et al. (1960).

It was assigned to Lophospiridae by Chronic (1952), Nützel and Senowbari-Daryan (1999); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. delicata (type species), P. lantenoisi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Platyworthenia Chronic
1999Platyworthenia Nützel and Senowbari-Daryan
2002Platyworthenia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusPlatyworthenia

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. †Platyworthenia Chronic 1952
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Platyworthenia delicata Chronic 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height46.323.9016.55.005.97
shell diameter43.323.003.803.200.416

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:13:29
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Leonardian to the top of the Capitanian or 286.00000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Utah) P. sp. (10651)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (11964 39157)
Leonardian286.0 - 274.4USA (Utah) P. sp. (11272)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) P. sp. (41511)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Nevada) P. sp. (10399 10423 10425 10472 10640 10647 10649)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Arizona) P. delicata (40000 40001)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Cambodia Worthenia lantenoisi (233582)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Cambodia Worthenia lantenoisi (107276 107282)