Taosia wortheni Knight 1942 (snail)

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae

Alternative combinations: Stegocoelia (Stegocoelia) wortheni, Stegocoelia (Taosia) wortheni, Stegocoelia wortheni

Invalid subtaxa: Aclisina quadricarinata Worthen 1884 [replaced name], Loxonema quadricarinatus Worthen 1884 [replaced name], Murchisonia quadricarinata Worthen 1884 [replaced name], Orthonema quadricarinatum Worthen 1884 [replaced name]

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1942. Four new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 16(4):487-488

Belongs to Taosia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Girty 1915, Keyes 1891, Knight 1942, Kues and Batten 2001, Warthin 1930, Worthen 1884 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967

Sister taxa: Stegocoelia (Taosia) bengkaka, Stegocoelia (Taosia) crenulata, Taosia copei, Taosia dozierensis, Taosia missouriensis, Taosia mongolica

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Kansas, New Mexico collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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