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Pleurorima confertinemilata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Mourlonia confertinemilata was named by Fagerstrom (1961). Its type locality is 2.5 mi N of Formosa, highway road cut, which is in an Eifelian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks/lime mudstone in the Amherstburg Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Pleurorima confertinemilata by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Mourlonia confertinemilata Fagerstrom p. 37 figs. pl. 13 f. 6-8
2023Pleurorima confertinemilata Wagner p. 3569

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyCoelozoninae
tribePlanozonides
genusPleurorima()
speciesconfertinemilata(Fagerstrom 1961)

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.

Pleurorima confertinemilata Fagerstrom 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) Mourlonia confertinemilata (3844 type locality: 3845 3846 3853)