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Khumerspira thailandensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Khumerspira thailandensis was named by Nützel and Ketwetsuriya (2016). Its type specimen is SNSB-BSPG 2014 XI 93, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khao Noi, unspecified block, which is in a Wordian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Tak Fa Formation of Thailand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Khumerspira thailandensis Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 489 figs. 7L-N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyBellerophontinae
genusKhumerspira
speciesthailandensis

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.

Khumerspira thailandensis Nützel and Ketwetsuriya 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height116.0

Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 14:40:27
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:14
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand Khumerspira thailandensis (type locality: 181783)