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Omphaloptycha jenksi

Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae

Taxonomy
Omphaloptycha jenksi was named by Haas (1953). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro de Pasco area, Ninacaca, loc. 78, which is in a Rhaetian marine limestone in Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Omphaloptycha jenksi Haas p. 142 figs. Pl 8, figs 29,32-34,38,39,42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyCoelostylinidaeCossmann 1909
genusOmphaloptychaAmmon 1878
speciesjenksi

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.

Omphaloptycha jenksi Haas 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height79.425.4014.410.03.86

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: Rhaetian or 208.50000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Peru Omphaloptycha jenksi (68116 68119 68146 68147 type locality: 68148)