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Stenotheca acutacosta

Helcionelloida - Stenothecidae

Taxonomy
Stenotheca rugosa acutacosta was named by Walcott (1890). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ginella acutacosta by Landing (1988), Landing (1991); it was recombined as Stenotheca acutacosta by Landing and Bartowski (1996), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Stenotheca rugosa acutacosta Walcott p. 617 figs. pl. 74 f. 5a-b
1988Ginella acutacosta Landing pp. 683 - 684 figs. f. 5.13, 5.21, 8.13
1991Ginella acutacosta Landing p. 579
1996Stenotheca acutacosta Landing and Bartowski p. 753
2023Stenotheca acutacosta Wagner p. 5526

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
familyStenothecidae
genusStenotheca
speciesacutacosta()

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.

Stenotheca acutacosta Walcott 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2008-02-28 08:57:58
Modified: 2008-02-28 10:57:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Branchian to the top of the Atdabanian or 516.20000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tommotian - Atdabanian525.5 - 516.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Ginella acutacosta (6897)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0USA (Massachusetts) Ginella acutacosta (56835)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Stenotheca acutacosta (99495)