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Vorticina vortex

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Sinuitina (Vorticina) vortex was named by Gordon and Yochelson (1987). Its type specimen is USNM 210921, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 17018-PC. Granite Mountain, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Chainman Shale Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Vorticina vortex by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Sinuitina (Vorticina) vortex Gordon and Yochelson pp. 28 – 29 figs. pl. 1 f. 7-11
2023Vorticina vortex Wagner p. S6917

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
genusVorticina()
speciesvortex()

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.

†Vorticina vortex Gordon and Yochelson 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Meramecian or 343.00000 to 335.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Utah) Sinuitina vortex (type locality: 59829)