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Bensbergia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Bensbergia Heidelberger and Koch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familySoleniscidae
genusBensbergia

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.

G. †Bensbergia Heidelberger and Koch 2005
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Bensbergia altivolvis Whiteaves 1892
Bensbergia arculata von Schlotheim 1820
Bensbergia drozdzewski Heidelberger and Amler 2002
Bensbergia elongata Phillips 1841
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Invalid names: Bensbergia adpressa Römer 1843 [synonym]
Bensbergia fusoidalis Tolmachoff 1930
Bensbergia pengellii Whidborne 1889
Bensbergia pulchra Fenton and Fenton 1924
Bensbergia schlotheimi d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
Bensbergia subcostata von Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Strobeus pulchella Whiteaves 1892 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2004-08-16 10:05:44
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:17:45
Source: f = family
Reference: Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Famennian or 410.62000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Northwest Territories) Macrochilina fusoidalis (56276)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Michigan) Strobeus pulchellus, Strobeus subcostatus (128942 128950)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Alaska) Strobeus pulchella (3639)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Macrochilina arculata (38362)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Hessen) Macrochilina arculata, Macrochilina schlotheimi (38361)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Poland Macrochilina arculata (83035)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Macrochilina schlotheimi (38360)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) B. sp. (101680)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Sauerland) B. arculata (51936 51967) B. arculata, Macrochilina drozdzewski (56160)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom (England) Macrochilina arculata (154672) Macrochilina subcostata, Turbo pengellii (129878 130270)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) Soleniscus sp. 2 (39872) Soleniscus subcostata (39870)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Manitoba) Loxonema altivolvis (6719 6721 6722 6723 106310) Macrochilina pulchella (56461) Macrochilina subcostata (106309)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Germany Macrochilina drozdzewski (28047)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Poland Westerna subcostata (62179)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Westerna subcostata (75504 75507 75513)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Soleniscus subcostata (38983 39010 172535)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Idaho) Loxonema altivolvis (668)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Manitoba) Loxonema altivolvis (6726)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Iowa) Westernia pulchra (56255)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland (Wojewodztwo Swietokrzyskie) Westerna subcostata (62174)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland Westerna subcostata (62175 62178)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany Loxonema adpressa (156553)