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Pleurotomaria cochlea

Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria cochlea 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Pleurotomaria cochlea Münster p. 112 figs. Pl 12, fig 9

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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
speciescochlea

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Pleurotomaria cochlea Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Julian or 235.00000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Pleurotomaria cochlea (type locality: 137429)