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Platyceras munsteriana
Taxonomy
Actita munsteriana was named by Fahrenkohl (1844). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Karowa, which is in a Carboniferous carbonate horizon in the Russian Federation.
It was recombined as Platyceras munsteriana by Knight et al. (1960).
It was recombined as Platyceras munsteriana by Knight et al. (1960).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1844 | Actita munsteriana Fahrenkohl p. 802 figs. pl.19 f. 3 |
| 1941 | Actita munsteriana Knight p. 32 figs. Plate 88, figures 2a-b |
| 1960 | Platyceras munsteriana Knight et al. |
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†Platyceras munsteriana Fahrenkohl 1844
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. B. Knight 1941 | Irregularly horn-shaped gastropods of moderate size with the earliest whorls helicoidal, coiled seemingly in contact, the last whorl free and expanding rapidly and irregularly; the form of the apertural margin and of the shell itself irregular and seemingly variable and probably influenced by irregularities of the surface to which the shell was applied in life; ornamentation seemingly irregular, slightly foliaceous growth lines. There are no spines. |
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Batten 1984, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Knight et al. 1960 | |||||
Age range: Carboniferous or 358.90000 to 298.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Carboniferous | Russian Federation (Kaluga) | Actita munsteriana (type locality: 184028) |