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Stegocoelia quadricincta

Gastropoda - Goniasmatidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia quadricincta was named by Winchell (1863). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Prospect Hill, bluff above river south of Burlington, which is in a Famennian marine sandstone in the English River Formation of Iowa.

It was recombined as Stegocoelia quadricincta by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Murchisonia quadricincta Winchell p. 19
1871Murchisonia quadricincta Winchell p. 257
1900Murchisonia quadricincta Weller p. 107 figs. pl. 7 f. 3
2023Stegocoelia quadricincta Wagner p. S7875

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyOrthonematoideaNützel and Bandel 2000
familyGoniasmatidae()
genusStegocoelia()
speciesquadricincta()

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.

†Stegocoelia quadricincta Winchell 1863
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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: Famennian or 372.20000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Iowa) Murchisonia quadricincta (146537)