Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Plethospiridae
Alternative spellings: Pleurotomaria (Wortheniopsis), Worthenopsis
Synonym: Murchisonietta Nützel et al. 2018
Full reference: J. Böhm. 1895. Die Gastropoden des Marmolatakalkes. Palaeontographica 42:211-308
Parent taxon: Plethospiridae according to S. Monari and E. Dellantonio 2024
See also Beede 1907, Knight et al. 1960, Nützel et al. 2018, Nützel and Karapunar 2023, Reed 1927, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner 2023
Sister taxa: Kirkospira, Moenaspira, Plethospirinae
Subtaxa: Wortheniopsis acuta Wortheniopsis margarethae Wortheniopsis quirinii
Type: Pleurotomaria margarethae
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Hungary (1), Italy (11), Romania (2)
• Permian of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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