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Hypergonia kirkbyi

Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Hypergonia) kirkbyi was named by Donald (1892). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) kirkbyi by Batten (1966); it was recombined as Hypergonia kirkbyi by Longstaff (1926), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Murchisonia (Hypergonia) kirkbyi Donald p. 570 figs. pl. 16 f. 13
1926Hypergonia kirkbyi Longstaff p. 547 figs. pl. 36 f. 9
1966Stegocoelia (Hypergonia) kirkbyi Batten pp. 77 - 78 figs. pl. 8 f. 18
2023Hypergonia kirkbyi Wagner p. S6278

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderCerithimorpha
familyOrthonemidae
genusHypergonia()
specieskirkbyi()

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.

†Hypergonia kirkbyi Donald 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Arundian to the top of the Arnsbergian or 346.70000 to 323.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arundian346.7 - 339.9Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Stegocoelia kirkbyi (60116)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Stegocoelia kirkbyi (57131)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6China (Ningxia) Stegocoelia kirkbyi (671)