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Bulimorpha whitfieldi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Taxonomy
Bulimorpha whitfieldi was named by Weller (1916). It is not extant. Its type locality is Bed No. 8, Fountain Creek, 2 miles southwest of Waterloo, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Ste. Genevieve Formation of Illinois.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. maxneri
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-03-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Bulimorpha whitfieldi Weller
1974Bulimorpha whitfieldi Thein and Nitecki p. 188
2023Bulimorpha whitfieldi Wagner p. 6163

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

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.

†Bulimorpha whitfieldi Weller 1916
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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: Chesterian or 335.40000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Illinois) Bulimorpha whitfieldi (type locality: 68188)