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Trypanostylus konincki

Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae

Taxonomy
Melania konninkana was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Eustylus konincki by Kittl (1894); it was recombined as Trypanostylus konincki by Kittl (1899) and Tong and Erwin (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Melania konninkana Münster p. 95 figs. Pl 9, fig 25
1894Eustylus konincki Kittl p. 194 figs. Pl 6, figs 39-47
1895Spirostylus vittatus Bohm p. 292 figs. Pl 12, fig 14
1895Spirostylus vittatus Böhm p. 292 figs. Pl 12, fig 14
1895Eustylus aequalis Böhm p. 293 figs. Pl 12, figs 17,18
1899Trypanostylus konincki Kittl p. 95 figs. Pl 11, figs 20,21
2001Trypanostylus konincki Tong and Erwin p. 30 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyCoelostylinidaeCossmann 1909
genusTrypanostylusCossmann 1895
specieskonincki()

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.

Trypanostylus konincki Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Eustylus aequalis Böhm 1895 [synonym], Spirostylus vittatus Böhm 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height422.418.527.022.53.50

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 Anisian to the top of the Carnian or 247.20000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Gansu) Trypanostylus konincki (119265)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Trypanostylus konincki (31611 31615 31617 31618 31619 31620 31621 31623 31624 31627 31632)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy (Liguria) Trypanostylus konincki (44714)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy Spirostylus vittatus, Eustylus aequalis (138255)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) Trypanostylus konincki (203197 203199 203267 203276)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (South Tyrol) Trypanostylus konincki (205149)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Eustylus konincki (144631) Melania konninkana (type locality: 137429) Trypanostylus konincki (34692 69661 69664 69689 202422)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Hungary Trypanostylus konincki (23870)