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Ptychomphalina dickinsi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Ptychomphalina dickinsi was named by Swart (1998). Its type specimen is CPC 34941, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is BMR GW54, Bush Creek, Dairy Creek Homestead, which is in an Artinskian coastal siliciclastic in the Coyrie Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Ptychomphalina dickinsi Swart p. 167 figs. 1M-P

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyCoelozoninae
tribeMourloniides
genusPtychomphalina
speciesdickinsi

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:14
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Western Australia) Ptychomphalina dickinsi (type locality: 84574)