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Hessonia germana

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Nerrhenidae

Taxonomy
Hessonia germana was named by Heidelberger (2001). Its type specimen is HLfB 5416/1/2, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gastropods of the Lahn Basin Limestones: Hermannstein, which is in a Givetian marine limestone/reef rocks in Germany.

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-03-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2014-01-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Hessonia germana Heidelberger
2023Hessonia germana Wagner p. 4625

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyNerrhenidae
genusHessonia
speciesgermana

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.

Hessonia germana Heidelberger 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"superf
Composition 2: aragonitesuperf
Adult length: 10 to < 100superf
Adult width: 10 to < 100superf
Adult height: 10 to < 100superf
Ribbing: minorsuperf
Ontogeny: accretionsuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: parasitesuperf
Diet 2: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-01-28 07:28:33
Modified: 2019-04-15 13:56:39
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Batten 1984

Age range: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Hessen) Hessonia germana (type locality: 38355)