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Omphaloptychia

Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae

Taxonomy
Omphaloptychia was named by von Ammon (1893). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Coelostylinidae by Batten (1985), Stanley et al. (1994) and Nützel et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Omphaloptychia von Ammon
1985Omphaloptychia Batten p. 27
1994Omphaloptychia Stanley, Jr et al. p. 29
2023Omphaloptychia Nützel et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyCoelostylinidaeCossmann 1909
genusOmphaloptychiavon Ammon 1893

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.

G. †Omphaloptychia von Ammon 1893
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Omphaloptychia cingulata Batten 1985
Omphaloptychia laevisphaera Batten and Stokes 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height95.803.709.405.202.02
shell diameter94.132.607.204.301.43

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: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Norian or 279.30000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Malaysia (Perak) O. sp., O. paleozoica, O. cingulata (62131)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) O. laevisphaera (44283) O. sp. (32987 32988 33211 33213 33222 33233)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) O. sp. (32936 32937 32938 32972)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Hessen) O. sp. (44358)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary O. sp. (81050)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Mexico (Sonora) O. sp. (39172)