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Meiersia disarmata

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Meiersia disarmata was named by Monari et al. (2011). Its type specimen is MNHNL BR358 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Reckingerwald quarry, near Brouch, which is in an Angulata marine sandstone in the Luxembourg Sandstone Formation of Luxembourg. It is the type species of Meiersia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Meiersia disarmata Monari et al. p. 375 fig. 16B,C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyAngariinaeGray 1857
genusMeiersia
speciesdisarmata

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.

Meiersia disarmata Monari et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height511.28.8014.411.62.26

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:48:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:48:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Angulata or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Luxembourg Asperilla calcar (type locality: 149756)