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Ruedemannia borkholmiensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Worthenia borkholmiensis was named by Koken (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Porkuni, Siuge Member, which is in a Porkuni perireef or subreef lime mudstone/chert in the Ärina Formation of Estonia.

It was recombined as Lophospira borkholmiensis by Teichert (1932); it was recombined as Ruedemannia borkholmiensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Worthenia borkholmiensis Koken p. 394
1897Worthenia borkholmiensis Koken p. 145
1925Worthenia borkholmiensis Koken and Perner p. 165 figs. pl. 28 f. 15-16
1932Lophospira borkholmiensis Teichert
2023Ruedemannia borkholmiensis Wagner p. 2045

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusRuedemannia
speciesborkholmiensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 07:52:43
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:52:43
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Nabala to the top of the Porkuni or 450.50000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Estonia (Harju) Worthenia borkholmiensis (87297)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Worthenia borkholmiensis (73407)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Estonia (Lääne-Viru) Worthenia borkholmiensis (87313)