Orthonema nebrascense Geinitz 1866 (snail)

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae

Alternative combinations: Murchisonia nebrascensis, Orthonema nebrascaensis

Full reference: N.B. Geinitz. 1866. Carbonformation und Dyas in Nebraska. Kaiserliche Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutsche Akademie Naturforscher Verhandlungen 33:1-92

Belongs to Orthonema according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Anderson et al. 1985, Bandel 2002, Geinitz 1866, Kues and Batten 2001 and Meek 1871

Sister taxa: Orthonema amissidecoris, Orthonema ascensus, Orthonema borovskensis, Orthonema carbonaria, Orthonema cerithioides, Orthonema cochleoides, Orthonema conspicuum, Orthonema cortum, Orthonema frequens, Orthonema hulusitaiensis, Orthonema illineatus, Orthonema inornatum, Orthonema knighti, Orthonema laluzense, Orthonema liratum, Orthonema marvinwelleri, Orthonema nakazawai, Orthonema nonnullum, Orthonema paedice, Orthonema panxianensis, Orthonema paulum, Orthonema paxillus, Orthonema perspicuum, Orthonema pygmaeum, Orthonema rectimurum, Orthonema repandum, Orthonema salteri, Orthonema sayrei, Orthonema semiornatum, Orthonema silinae, Orthonema simplex, Orthonema socorroense, Orthonema striatonodosum, Orthonema strigatum, Orthonema subtaeniatum, Orthonema telescopiforme, Orthonema tirusum, Orthonema tricingulatum, Orthonema youngianum

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City (Carboniferous of Nebraska)

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