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Yunnania decorata

Gastropoda - Araeonematidae

Taxonomy
Portlockia decorata was named by Gemmellaro (1889). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Yunnania decorata by Knight (1937).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Y. cincta, Y. spinosa, Y. subcincta, Y. tunstallensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Portlockia decorata Gemmellaro p. 148 figs. Pl 14, figs 10-12
1937Yunnania decorata Knight p. 712

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAraeonematidae
genusYunnania
speciesdecorata()

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.

†Yunnania decorata Gemmellaro 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height112.0

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:47:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:46
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Portlockia decorata (type locality: 108672)