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Paraplatyschisma twelvetreesi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Keeneia twelvetreesi was named by Dun (1913). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Great Bend of Mersey River, Latrobe, which is in an Asselian marine mudstone in the Quamby Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Paraplatyschisma twelvetreesi by Waterhouse (1988) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Keeneia twelvetreesi Dun p. 8 figs. Pl 2
1988Paraplatyschisma twelvetreesi Waterhouse p. 157 fig. 9A,B
1992Keeneia twelvetreesi Clarke p. 46 figs. 27A-C
2023Paraplatyschisma twelvetreesi Wagner p. S7322

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyTurbonellininae
genusParaplatyschisma
speciestwelvetreesi()

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
partNmean
height121.0
shell height114.5

Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: omnivoreg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-08-26 15:06:06
Modified: 2009-08-26 17:06:06
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Waterhouse 1987, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Australia (Tasmania) Keeneia twelvetreesi (144862)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Tasmania) Keeneia twelvetreesi (105489 151089)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Paraplatyschisma twelvetreesi (88214)