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Ptychosphaera constricta

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Ptychosphaera constricta was named by Perner (1903) [Ptychosphaera constricta Barrande in Perner 1903]. It is not extant. It is the type species of Ptychosphaera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Ptychosphaera constricta Perner
1907Ptychosphaera constricta Perner figs. pl. 120 f. 20-21
1941Ptychosphaera constricta Knight p. 289 figs. pl. 12 f. 3a-c
1963Ptychosphaera constricta Horný pp. 132 - 133 figs. pl. 34 f. 6-7; pl. 35 f. 1-4
1997Ptychosphaera constricta Frýda and Manda p. 67 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-4
2023Ptychosphaera constricta Wagner p. 341

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyCymbulariinae
genusPtychosphaera
speciesconstricta

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.

Ptychosphaera constricta Perner 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 14:40:27
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:14
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Gorstian to the top of the Lochkovian or 426.70000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia (Praha) Ptychosphaera constricta (58980 154949 154950)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Czechia (Praha) Ptychosphaera constricta (155864)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Morocco Ptychosphaera constricta (13935 13936)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia (Praha) Ptychosphaera constricta (56216)