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Prosinuites lepidus

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Taxonomy
Centriconus lepidus was named by Yü (1979). It is not extant. Its type locality is Truncatoconus yichangen - Cambrospira sisensi assemblage, Yangtze Gorge, Yichang, which is in a Tommotian carbonate phosphorite in the Huangshandong Formation of China.

It was recombined as Prosinuites lepidus by Parkhaev and Demidenko (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Centriconus lepidus
1984Helcionella hubeiensis Xing et al. figs. pl. 5 f. 15
2010Prosinuites lepidus Parkhaev and Demidenko p. 1023

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderHelcionellida
superfamilyHelcionelloidea(Wenz 1938)
familyHelcionellidae
genusProsinuites
specieslepidus()

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.

Prosinuites lepidus Yü 1979
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Invalid names: Prosinuites hubeiensis Xing et al. 1984 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 17:55:39
Modified: 2009-10-09 12:02:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tommotian or 525.50000 to 521.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0China (Hubei) Centriconus lepidus (type locality: 56808)