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Sinuites hispanicus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae

Taxonomy
Protowarthia hispanica was named by Born (1916). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Sinuites (Sinuites) hispanica by Gutiérrez-Marco and Rabano (1983); it was recombined as Sinuites (Sinuites) hispanicus by Gutiérrez-Marco (1984); it was recombined as Sinuites hispanicus by Horný (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Protowarthia hispanica Born
1983Sinuites (Sinuites) hispanica Gutiérrez-Marco and Rabano
1984Sinuites (Sinuites) hispanicus Gutiérrez-Marco
1997Sinuites hispanicus Horný p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familySinuitidae
subfamilySinuitinae
genusSinuites
specieshispanicus()

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.

Sinuites hispanicus Born 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:22:03
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:54:13
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Oretanian to the top of the Dobrotivian or 468.00000 to 459.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Salamanca) Sinuites hispanica (198818 198819)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Cuidad Real) Sinuites hispanicus (166760)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Ciudad Real) Sinuites hispanicus (44050)