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Retispira puchenpraensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Retispira puchenpraensis was named by Waterhouse and Chen (2006). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PN4, Peak 17315, Marsyangdi, Manang area, which is in a Changhsingian coastal siltstone/shale in the Senja Formation of Nepal.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Retispira puchenpraensis Waterhouse and Chen pp. 87 – 89 figs. pl. 2 f. 9-11, 13-17; txt. f. 12C-E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyKnightitinae
genusRetispira
speciespuchenpraensis

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.

Retispira puchenpraensis Waterhouse and Chen 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height520.013.025.021.04.56

Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 14:40:27
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:14
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Nepal Retispira puchenpraensis (62442 type locality: 62450 120386)