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Sinuitina (Vorticina) keytei

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Sinuitina keytei was named by Yochelson (1960). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 6694, Sullivan Peak, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Sinuitina (Vorticina) keytei by Gordon and Yochelson (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Sinuitina keytei Yochelson p. 246 figs. pl. 46 f. 1-3
1987Sinuitina (Vorticina) keytei Gordon and Yochelson p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
genusSinuitina()
subgenusVorticina
specieskeytei()

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.

†Sinuitina (Vorticina) keytei Yochelson 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height116.0

Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-18 08:53:22
Modified: 2009-10-11 15:09:03
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Sinuitina keytei (type locality: 121497)