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Gosseletina idahoensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria idahoensis was named by Girty (1910). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 988e, Coal Canyon bed 16, which is in a Roadian offshore ramp limestone in the Phosphoria Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Gosseletina idahoensis by Wagner (2023).

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2009-04-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Pleurotomaria idahoensis Girty pp. 45 - 46 figs. Pl 6 f. 3
2023Gosseletina idahoensis Wagner p. S6913

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

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.

Gosseletina idahoensis Girty 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height115.6

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 (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Wyoming) Pleurotomaria idahoensis (108913 108934)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Idaho) Pleurotomaria idahoensis (88260)