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Pleurotomaria carinifera

Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria carinifera was named by Girty (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 2931 green, Guadalupe Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Pleurotomaria carinifera Girty p. 475 figs. Pl 23, figs 24-24b
1922Pleurotomaria carinifera Wanner

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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
speciescarinifera

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
shell height16.32

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 Artinskian to the top of the Roadian or 290.10000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Indonesia Pleurotomaria carinifera (118268)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Pleurotomaria carinifera (type locality: 108822)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51USA (Texas) Pleurotomaria carinifera (108829)