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Pseudomelania (Rhabdoconcha) spirastriata

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Pseudomelania (Rhabdoconcha) spirastriata was named by Wang (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lp 6139-4-2, Jinding, Lanping County, which is in an Alaunian marine horizon in the Baijizu Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Pseudomelania (Rhabdoconcha) spirastriata Wang p. 109 figs. Pl 3, fig 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusPseudomelania
subgenusRhabdoconcha
speciesspirastriata

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.

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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: Alaunian or 215.56000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0China (Yunnan) Pseudomelania spirastriata (type locality: 165410)