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Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) mephitifontis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) mephitifontis was named by Gordon and Yochelson (1987). Its type specimen is USNM 210988, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 17012-PC. 500' north of Granite Mountain measured section, which is in a Chesterian marine shale/claystone in the Chainman Shale Formation of Utah.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) mephitifontis Gordon and Yochelson pp. 59 - 60 figs. pl. 6 f. 15; pl. 7 f. 6-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
subtribeGlabrocingulides
genusGlabrocingulum
subgenusGlabrocingulum
speciesmephitifontis

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.

Glabrocingulum (Glabrocingulum) mephitifontis Gordon and Yochelson 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Chesterian or 335.40000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Utah) Glabrocingulum mephitifontis (type locality: 59863)