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Platyzona humilis

Gastropoda - Goniasmatidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria humilis was named by de Koninck (1877). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hunter Valley Quarries, 3 miles northwest of Bloomington, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Indiana.

It was recombined as Mourlonia humilis by Etheridge (1889); it was recombined as Ptychomphalina humilis by Etheridge (1907); it was recombined as Platyzona humilis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Pleurotomaria humilis de Koninck p. 325 figs. Pl 23, fig 14
1889Mourlonia humilis Etheridge Jr. p. 205
1907Ptychomphalina humilis Etheridge Jr. p. 10 figs. Pl 5, figs 12-14
2023Platyzona humilis Wagner p. S7737

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyOrthonematoideaNützel and Bandel 2000
familyGoniasmatidae()
genusPlatyzona
specieshumilis(de Koninck 1877)

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.

Platyzona humilis de Koninck 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Australia (Western Australia) Mourlonia humilis (131602)