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Ptychomphalina inexpectata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria (Ptychomphalina) inexpectata was named by Perner (1907). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hinter Kopanina, which is in a Gorstian marine horizon in the Kopanina Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Ptychomphalina inexpectata by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Pleurotomaria (Ptychomphalina) inexpectata Perner p. 61 figs. pl. 216 f. 1-4; text fig. 150
2023Ptychomphalina inexpectata Wagner p. 2029

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

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: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Gorstian or 427.40000 to 425.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic (Liberecky) Pleurotomaria inexpectata (type locality: 104658)