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Bembexia gradilispira

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Bembexia gradilispira was named by Linsley and Kesling (1982). Its type locality is Drilling on the Herkimer farm, 2.41 km northwest of the center of Mattoon, which is in a Devonian marine limestone in the Grand Tower Limestone Formation of Illinois.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Bembexia gradilispira Linsley and Kesling pp. 1084 - 1074 figs. pl. 1 f. 6-11
2023Bembexia gradilispira Wagner p. 4248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyEotomariinae
genusBembexia
speciesgradilispira

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.

†Bembexia gradilispira Linsley and Kesling 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedsuperf
Created: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Wagner 2023, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Middle Devonian or 393.47000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Illinois) Bembexia gradilispira (type locality: 24285)