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Pleurotomaria suessii

Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae

Discussion

NOTE: this name was used for the paratypes diagnosing the genus Cyclostomaria. However, recovery of original paratype material of P. suessii (including the current lectotype) showed that Szabo's material was misassigned. SO, the material around which Szabo based the concept of Cyclostomaria was put in it's own species, which now is the type of Cyclstomaraia. (Whew!) I guess that's legal: huzzah for some flexibility in Linnaean taxonomy!

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Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria suessii was named by Hornes (1853) [NOT Pleurotomaria Suessi Gemmellaro 1911, p. 213, pl. 10, figs 10-12. NOT Cyclostomaria suessi Szabo 1980, p. 64, pl. 4, fig. 4. Lectotype designated by Szabo 2008]. Its type specimen is GBa 2008/69/45/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Pleurotomaria suessi by Gemmellaro (1911).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Pleurotomaria suessii Hornes p. 762
1911Pleurotomaria suessi Gemmellaro p. 213 figs. Pl 10, figs 10-12
2008Pleurotomaria suessii Szabo pp. 42-43 fig. 36

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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
speciessuessiiHornes 1853

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.

†Pleurotomaria suessii Hornes 1853
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Diagnosis
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 199.30000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Austria Pleurotomaria suessii (173631 173632 173635)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Italy (Messina) Pleurotomaria suessi (173593)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Turkey Pleurotomaria suessii (158460 200773)