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Pleurotomaria anglica

Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae

Taxonomy
Trochus anglicus was named by Sowerby (1818). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized objectively with Pleurotomaria similis by Cox (1928); it was recombined as Pleurotomaria anglica by Defrance (1826) and Szabo (1980).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Trochus similis Sowerby p. 95 figs. Pl 142
1818Trochus anglicus Sowerby
1826Pleurotomaria anglica Defrance
1928Pleurotomaria similis Cox p. 234
1980Pleurotomaria anglica Szabo p. 57 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyPleurotomarioidea(Swainson 1840)
familyPleurotomariidaeSwainson 1840
genusPleurotomaria
speciesanglica()

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.

†Pleurotomaria anglica Sowerby 1818
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Invalid names: Trochus similis Sowerby 1816 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height178.0

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: omnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:43:45
Modified: 2004-02-29 20:43:45
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Planorbis to the top of the Jamesoni or 201.30000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (Somerset) Pleurotomaria similis (198904)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5France Pleurotomaria anglica (39215)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5France Pleurotomaria anglica (39380)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (England) Pleurotomaria anglica (29235 29241)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Chile Pleurotomaria anglica (58436 95081)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6United Kingdom (Wales) Pleurotomaria anglica (29236 29238 29242)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (Dorset) Pleurotomaria similis (159147)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Greenland Pleurotomaria anglica (162272)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Pleurotomaria anglica (45472)