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Plethospira arenaria

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia arenaria was named by Billings (1859) [Murchisonia arenaria Billings 1859a]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Plethospira arenaria by Fix (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Murchisonia arenaria Billings
1975Plethospira arenaria Fix p. 119

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyHormotomidae
genusPlethospira
speciesarenaria()

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.

Plethospira arenaria Billings 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-08-16 10:06:19
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:39:12
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: Cassinian or 483.40000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Missouri) Plethospira arenaria (75549 75550)