Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae
Alternative combinations: Pleurotomaria canalifera, Worthenia canalifera
Synonym: Turbo silenus Laube 1869
Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152
Belongs to Wortheniella according to A. Nützel and A. Kaim 2014
See also Bandel 2009, Batten and Stokes 1986, Kittl 1891, Münster 1841 and Pan 1977
Sister taxa: Wortheniella brancoi, Wortheniella cassiana, Wortheniella coralliophila, Wortheniella gigas, Wortheniella qingyanensis, Wortheniella spuria, Wortheniella subpunctata, Wortheniella toulai
Type specimens:
- Wortheniella canalifera: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.
- Turbo silenus:
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 2.10
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Italy (11), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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