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Wortheniopsis margarethae

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Plethospiridae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria margarethae was named by Kittl (1894). It is the type species of Wortheniopsis.

It was recombined as Wortheniopsis margarethae by Böhm (1895), Kittl (1899), Monari and Dellantonio (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Pleurotomaria margarethae Kittl p. 114 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-3
1895Wortheniopsis margarethae Böhm p. 220 figs. Pl 14, fig 24; text-fig 6
1899Wortheniopsis margarethae Kittl p. 14
2024Wortheniopsis margarethae Monari and Dellantonio p. 57 fig. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyPlethospiridaeWenz 1938
genusWortheniopsis
speciesmargarethae(Kittl 1894)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:43:51
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:43:51
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Illyrian to the top of the Ladinian or 243.33000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy Wortheniopsis margarethae (233832 233838 233844 233850 233854 233855 233858 233859 233860)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy Wortheniopsis margarethae (138255 138256)