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Hessonia piligera

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Nerrhenidae

Taxonomy
Natica piligera was named by Sandberger and Sandberger (1855). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Turbonitella piligera by Holzapfel (1895), Paeckelmann (1922); it was recombined as Hessonia piligera by Heidelberger (2001), Heidelberger and Amler (2002), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Natica piligera Sandberger and Sandberger
1882Natica piligera Holzapfel p. 250
1895Turbonitella piligera Holzapfel pp. 194 - - 195 figs. pl. 14 f. 4-5
1922Turbonitella piligera Paeckelmann p. 41
2001Hessonia piligera Heidelberger pp. 205 - 206
2002Hessonia piligera Heidelberger and Amler p. 324
2023Hessonia piligera Wagner p. 4660

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

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 piligera Sandberger and Sandberger 1855
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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: Batten 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Givetian or 383.40000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Sauerland) Hessonia piligera (51967 56160)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein Westfalen) Hessonia piligera (38352)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Hessonia piligera (38358 38360)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Hessen) Hessonia piligera (38353 38354 38355)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany Natica piligera (37046)