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Stenozone elegans

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Glabrocingulum (Stenozone) elegans was named by Swart (1998). Its type specimen is CPC 34946, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BMR GW329, which is in a Roadian coastal siliciclastic in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Stenozone elegans by Clapham (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Glabrocingulum (Stenozone) elegans Swart p. 170 figs. 2G-J
2015Stenozone elegans Clapham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
subtribeGlabrocingulides
genusStenozone()
specieselegans()

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.

Stenozone elegans Swart 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Western Australia) Glabrocingulum elegans (type locality: 84571)