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Bicuerda columnare

Gastropoda - Acanthonematidae

Taxonomy
Orthonema columnare was named by Erwin (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 400670, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM722l, Dugout Mountain, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Bicuerda columnare by Kues and Batten (2001), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Orthonema columnare Erwin
2001Bicuerda columnare Kues and Batten p. 58
2023Bicuerda columnare Wagner p. 5934

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyAcanthonematidae()
genusBicuerda
speciescolumnare()

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.

Bicuerda columnare Erwin 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height17.70

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:17:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:17:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Orthonema columnare (101772 101773)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (New Mexico) Orthonema columnare (101770 101771 101795)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Orthonema columnare (type locality: 75923)