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Pleurotomaria leysseri

Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria leysseri was named by Giebel (1856). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lieskau Quarry, Halle, which is in a Triassic shallow subtidal limestone in Germany.

It was recombined as Worthenia leysseri by Philippi (1898).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pleurotomaria leysseri Giebel
1898Worthenia leysseri Philippi

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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
speciesleysseri

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 leysseri Giebel 1856
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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: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Worthenia leysseri (206384)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Pleurotomaria leysseri (type locality: 201970)