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Decorospira lepaini

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae

Taxonomy
Decorospira lepaini was named by Frýda and Blodgett (2004). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 83RB9, south flank of Limestone Mountain, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Limestone Mountain Formation of Alaska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Decorospira lepaini Frýda and Blodgett p. 118 figs. 5.1-5.4, 5. 6
2023Decorospira lepaini Wagner p. 3973

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyPseudophoridae
subfamilyDecorospirinae
genusDecorospira
specieslepaini

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.

Decorospira lepaini Frýda and Blodgett 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-21 10:48:04
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:48:04
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Emsian or 410.62000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5USA (Alaska) Decorospira lepaini (type locality: 49107)