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Platychilina sinensis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8616034	https://www.gbif.org/species/8616034
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	203751	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=203751

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Delphinulopsidae : Platychilina : Platychilina sinensis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neritoina : Delphinulopsidae : Platychilina : Platychilina sinensis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Neritimorpha	Golikov and Starobogatov 1975
order	Cycloneritimorpha	Bandel and Frýda 1999
order	Neritoina
superfamily	Neritopsoidea	Gray 1847
family	Delphinulopsidae	Blodgett et al. 2001
subfamily	Platychilininae	Bandel 2007
genus	Platychilina
species	Platychilina sinensis	Tong & Erwin 2001

Generic Name

Platychilina

Scientific Name

Platychilina sinensis Tong & Erwin, 2001

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Platychilina sinensis	species	belongs to Platychilina	stated with evidence	Tong and Erwin, 2001

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Gastropoda)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Tong and D.H. Erwin. 2001. Triassic gastropods of the southern Qinling Mountains, China. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 92:1-47

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2001	Platychilina sinensis Tong and Erwin p. 26 figs. Pl 5, figs 3-11

References

Tong J., Erwin D.H. (2001) Triassic gastropods of the southern Qinling Mountains, China, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 92, 1-47

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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