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Ananias marcouiana

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria marcouiana was named by Geinitz (1866). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Pillsbury Shale Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Phanerotrema marcouianum by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Glabrocingulum (Ananias) marcouiana by Sloan (1955); it was recombined as Ananias marcouiana by Knight (1945), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Pleurotomaria marcouiana Geinitz p. 10 figs. pl. 1 f. 10
1872Pleurotomaria marcouiana Meek p. 233 figs. pl. 11 f. 8
1897Phanerotrema marcouianum Ulrich and Scofield p. 952
1945Ananias marcouiana Knight p. 574
1955Glabrocingulum (Ananias) marcouiana Sloan p. 277
2023Ananias marcouiana Wagner p. S5885

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
subtribeGlabrocingulides
genusAnanias
speciesmarcouiana()

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.

Ananias marcouiana Geinitz 1866
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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: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Virgilian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Pleurotomaria marcouiana (type locality: 157668)