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Sinuitina (Spirilira) tenuis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Sinuitina (Spirilira) tenuis was named by Pinilla et al. (2007). Its type specimen is MLP 30387, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada Honda, which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in the Mojon de Hierro Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Sinuitina (Spirilira) tenuis Pinilla et al. pp. 401 – 402 figs. 3.1 – 3.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
genusSinuitina()
subgenusSpirilira
speciestenuis

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 (Spirilira) tenuis Pinilla et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. Pinilla et al. 2007Conchilla fanerónfala mediana, angosta, involuta, umbilicada. Con carena periumbilical. Con ornamentación colabral más prominente que la espiral. Pseudoselenizona con carena media.

Shell phaneromphalous, median size, involute with sharp whorl profile. Collabral ornamentation more prominent than spiral and periumbilicate keel. Spiral lira bisecting the pseudoselenizone.
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Argentina (Chubut) Sinuitina tenuis (type locality: 152898)