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Mestoronema scotica

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae

Taxonomy
Lesueurilla scotica was named by Longstaff (1924). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mestoronema scotica by Wagner (1999), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Lesueurilla scotica Longstaff pp. 437 - 438 figs. Pl. 36 f. 10-13
1999Mestoronema scotica Wagner
2023Mestoronema scotica Wagner p. 898

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyLesueurillidae
subfamilyLesueurillinae
genusMestoronema
speciesscotica()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Mestoronema scotica Longstaff 1924
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. D. Longstaff 1924Shell discoidal, spire deeply, base more or less sunk. The whorls number about five, coiled on nearly the same plane, in contact, acutely angular above, subangular below, sloping obliquely inwards to the suture from both angles, outer ,side slightly convex and nearly vertical. A groove on the inner ~ide, below the upper angle, gives rise to the appearance of a strong thread on the summit. Lines of growth indistinctly preserved, apparently running back to the angle above, forming a sinus upon it and curving slightly forward below. Traces of fine spiral lines ornamenting the surface. Aperture triangular, acutely angular and greatly raised above, less produced and moderately angular below.