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Yiningicus waterhousei

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Worthenia waterhousei was named by Ketwetsuriya et al. (2020). Its type specimen is QMF 39103, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khao Phrik, Rat Buri, which is in a Wordian offshore shelf limestone/limestone in the Rat Buri Formation of Thailand.

It was recombined as Yiningicus waterhousei by Karapunar and Nützel (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Worthenia waterhousei Ketwetsuriya et al. p. 59 figs. 3h-l
2022Yiningicus waterhousei Karapunar and Nützel p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusYiningicusQiao 1983
specieswaterhousei()

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.

Yiningicus waterhousei Ketwetsuriya et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height13.00

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2024-02-04 19:53:32
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

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 (Ratchaburi) Worthenia waterhousei (type locality: 40954)