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Naticopsis marthaae

Gastropoda - Naticopsidae

Taxonomy
Naticopsis marthaae was named by Knight (1933). Its type specimen is YPM 14156, a skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is SL-1. Headwaters of Feefee Creek, north of Olive St. & west of Lindberg Blvd., 1.5 km northwest of Stratmann (Olivette), which is in a Moscovian offshore shale in the Appanoose Formation of Missouri.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Naticopsis marthaae Knight
1997Naticopsis marthaae Kulas and Batten p. 48 figs. pl. 3 f. 4A-C
2023Naticopsis marthaae Wagner p. 5921

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNaticopsidae()
genusNaticopsis
speciesmarthaae

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.

Naticopsis marthaae Knight 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height25.574.007.755.882.65

Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Body part: shellg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-12-22 09:38:38
Modified: 2010-02-04 09:57:44
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Knight 1933, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 315.20000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Naticopsis marthaae (type locality: 69773)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14USA (Wyoming) Naticopsis marthaae (61936)