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Yochelsonospira gairensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Worthenia gairensis was named by Thomas (1940). Its type specimen is RSM 1939.3.2, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gair, near Carluke, which is in an Arnsbergian carbonate limestone/mudstone in the Upper Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Yochelsonospira gairensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Worthenia gairensis Thomas pp. 44 - 45 figs. pl. 2 f. 6a-b
2023Yochelsonospira gairensis Wagner p. S7768

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusYochelsonospira()
speciesgairensis()

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.

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Measurements
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Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2024-02-04 19:53:32
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Arnsbergian or 326.90000 to 323.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Worthenia gairensis (type locality: 93314)