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Bradyospira maitlandi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Ptychomphalina maitlandi was named by Etheridge (1903). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wandagee Station (GSWA collection), which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in Australia.

It was recombined as Mourlonia maitlandi by Swart (1998); it was recombined as Bradyospira maitlandi by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Ptychomphalina maitlandi Etheridge Jr. p. 24 figs. Pl 1, figs 13-15
1997Ptychomphalina maitlandi Kulas and Batten p. 39
1998Mourlonia maitlandi Swart p. 164 figs. 1A-C,E
2023Bradyospira maitlandi Wagner p. S5969

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
subtribeGlabrocingulides
genusBradyospira
speciesmaitlandi()

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.

†Bradyospira maitlandi Etheridge Jr. 1903
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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Roadian or 290.10000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Western Australia) Mourlonia maitlandi (84495 85325) Ptychomphalina maitlandi (type locality: 131610)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Mourlonia maitlandi (84344) Ptychomphalina maitlandi (85226)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Western Australia) Mourlonia maitlandi (85215)