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Orthonychia tortuosa

Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae

Taxonomy
Platyceras tortuosum was named by Hall (1859). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Platyceras (Orthonychia) tortuosum by Yochelson and Kříž (1974); it was recombined as Orthonychia tortuosa by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Platyceras tortuosum Hall
1908Platyceras tortuosum Clarke pp. 146 - 147 figs. pl. 14 f. 22-25
1974Platyceras (Orthonychia) tortuosum Yochelson and Kříž p. 478 fig. 8
2023Orthonychia tortuosa Wagner p. S4852

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCyrtoneritida()
familyOrthonychiidae
genusOrthonychia
speciestortuosa()

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.

Orthonychia tortuosa Hall 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-04 11:04:31
Modified: 2010-02-04 13:04:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Ohern and Maynard 1913, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Emsian or 410.80000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Canada (Quebec) Platyceras tortuosum (157354 157355)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3USA (West Virginia) Platyceras tortuosum (70109)