Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Alternative combinations: Pleurotomaria speciosa, Worthenia (Worthenia) speciosa
Synonyms: Pleurotomaria perizomata White 1881, Worthenia perizomata White 1881
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1860. Description of new Carboniferous fossils from Illinois and other western states. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12:447-472
Belongs to Worthenia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Batten 1989, Batten 1995, Chronic 1953, Karapunar and Nützel 2022, Kues 1995, Kues and Batten 2001, Meek and Worthen 1860, White 1881 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Pleurotomaria (Worthenia) constantini, Worthenia (Humiliworthenia), Worthenia (Worthenia), Worthenia alticarinata, Worthenia angulata, Worthenia basifalcata, Worthenia bialveozona, Worthenia bicarinata, Worthenia bieberi, Worthenia bilineata, Worthenia cainallensis, Worthenia castlemanensis, Worthenia cirriformis, Worthenia constantini, Worthenia contabulata, Worthenia corrugata, Worthenia crenilunula, Worthenia crenulata, Worthenia curvistriata, Worthenia dharmaensis, Worthenia dieneri, Worthenia distincta, Worthenia dregeri, Worthenia duplicata, Worthenia dyadica, Worthenia eremita, Worthenia escheri, Worthenia extendia, Worthenia furcata, Worthenia gepidorum, Worthenia gubleri, Worthenia hoettingensis, Worthenia humiligrada, Worthenia humilis, Worthenia indifferens, Worthenia kingi, Worthenia klamathensis, Worthenia latialveozona, Worthenia legrandi, Worthenia liebeneri, Worthenia loczyi, Worthenia margaritacea, Worthenia morovi, Worthenia multicarinata, Worthenia nana, Worthenia pagoda, Worthenia parvula, Worthenia pilula, Worthenia planalveozona, Worthenia plutonis, Worthenia praerupta, Worthenia punctata, Worthenia rhombifera, Worthenia schirjaevensis, Worthenia sculpta, Worthenia sigaretoides, Worthenia strigata, Worthenia strigillata, Worthenia subplicata, Worthenia substriata, Worthenia subtilis, Worthenia superstes, Worthenia tabulata, Worthenia tongxinensis, Worthenia triton, Worthenia vamosensis, Worthenia whitehorsensis, Worthenia windowblindensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 25.5
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (18: New Mexico, Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of Peru (1), United States (12: New Mexico, Ohio, Texas)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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