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Platyostomella scotoburdigalensis

Gastropoda

Taxonomy
Littorina scotoburdigalensis was named by Etheridge (1878). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burdiehouse Limestone beds, Rax Camp Quarries, near MidCalder, Edinburgh, which is in a Holkerian lacustrine - large limestone in the Hopetoun Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Platyostomella.

It was recombined as Platyceras (Platyostoma) scotoburdigalensis by Knight et al. (1960); it was recombined as Platyostomella scotoburdigalensis by Etheridge (1880), Knight (1941) and Gromczakiewicz-Lomnicka (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Littorina scotoburdigalensis Etheridge p. 18 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 26, 27
1880Platyostomella scotoburdigalensis Etheridge p. 18
1941Platyostomella scotoburdigalensis Knight p. 254 figs. Pl. 83, fig. 4
1960Platyceras (Platyostoma) scotoburdigalensis Knight et al. p. I192
1972Platyostomella scotoburdigalensis Gromczakiewicz-Lomnicka p. 27 figs. Pl. VII, 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
genusPlatyostomella
speciesscotoburdigalensis()

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
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Holkerian to the top of the Brigantian or 342.80000 to 326.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holkerian342.8 - 339.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Littorina scotoburdigalensis (154347)
Brigantian336.0 - 326.4Poland (Malopolskie) Platyostomella scotoburdigalensis (101993)