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Dictyotomaria quasicapillaria

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) quasicapillaria was named by Rollins (1975). Its type specimen is AMNH 29356, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chert Bed #2, South bank of English River, 1 mile north of Daytonville., which is in a Kinderhookian carbonate limestone/chert in the Wassonville Formation of Iowa.

It was recombined as Devonorhineoderma quasicapillaria by Karapunar and Nützel (2022); it was recombined as Dictyotomaria quasicapillaria by Amler and Heidelberger (2003), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) quasicapillaria Rollins
2003Dictyotomaria quasicapillaria Amler and Heidelberger p. 1176
2022Devonorhineoderma quasicapillaria Karapunar and Nützel p. 66
2023Dictyotomaria quasicapillaria Wagner p. S3902

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
genusDictyotomaria
speciesquasicapillaria()

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.

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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Kinderhookian or 358.86000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Iowa) Glyptotomaria quasicapillaria (type locality: 49824 49825)