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Pterotrachea

Gastropoda - Pterotracheidae

Discussion

NOTE: this is based on a living genus, but the fossils are reported only from the Jurassic. These almost certainly are not Pterotrachea, but just as long as we do not range them through to the present, then it should not matter too much.

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Taxonomy
Pterotrachea was named by Forskal (1775) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1066. ].

It was assigned to Firolidae by Wilson (1993); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterotracheidae by Rafinesque (1814) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Pterotrachea Forskal
1791Firola Bruguière
1814Pterotrachea Rafinesque
1993Pterotrachea Wilson p. 254
2002Pterotrachea Sepkoski
2005Pterotrachea Bouchet et al. p. 146

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamilyPterotracheoideaRafinesque 1814
familyPterotracheidaeRafinesque 1814
genusPterotracheaForskal 1775

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. †Pterotrachea Forskal 1775
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Pterotrachea ceratophagus Quenstedt 1858
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Invalid names: Pterotrachea liassica Bandel and Hemleben 1987 [synonym]
Invalid names: Firola Bruguière 1791 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: nektonicsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:49:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:49:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Spinatum or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany P. liassica (139794)