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Trachydomia wheeleri

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae

Taxonomy
Littorina wheeleri was named by Swallow (1860). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Naticopsis wheeleri by Meek and Worthen (1873), White (1884); it was recombined as Trachydoma wheeleri by Williams et al. (1937); it was recombined as Trachydomia wheeleri by Keyes (1889), Keyes (1891), Keyes (1894), Woodruff (1906), Plummer and Moore (1921), Morgan (1924), Yochelson and Saunders (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Littorina wheeleri Swallow p. 658
1873Naticopsis wheeleri Meek and Worthen p. 595 figs. pl. 28 f. 3
1884Naticopsis wheeleri White p. 162 figs. pl. 32 f. 13-14
1889Trachydomia wheeleri Keyes p. 195 fig. 2
1891Trachydomia wheeleri Keyes p. 257
1894Trachydomia wheeleri Keyes p. 200 figs. pl. 55 f. 8
1906Trachydomia wheeleri Woodruff p. 248 figs. pl. 15B f. 4
1921Trachydomia wheeleri Plummer and Moore figs. pl. 19 f. 23-24
1924Trachydomia wheeleri Morgan figs. pl. 50 f. 11-11a
1937Trachydoma wheeleri Williams et al.
1967Trachydomia wheeleri Yochelson and Saunders pp. 234

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCycloneritida()
superfamilyNaticopsoidea
familyTrachyspiridae
genusTrachydomia
specieswheeleri()

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.

Trachydomia wheeleri Swallow 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Vereian to the top of the Desmoinesian or 314.80000 to 306.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vereian314.8 - 313.8Ukraine Trachydomia wheeleri (156384)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Pennsylvania) Trachydomia wheeleri (184079 184098)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Trachydoma wheeleri (991 1008 1018)