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Apachella franciscana

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Ananias franciscanus was named by Chronic (1952). Its type specimen is Mus N. Ariz G2.1595, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rimmy Jim Tank, Kaibab Formation, Coconino County, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.

It was recombined as Apachella franciscana by Winters (1963), Batten (1989), Kulas and Batten (1997), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Ananias franciscanus Chronic p. 114 figs. pl. 2 f. 5a-6
1963Apachella franciscana Winters p. 32 figs. pl. 3 f. 4a-5c
1989Apachella franciscana Batten p. 25 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,2
1997Apachella franciscana Kulas and Batten p. 43 figs. pl. 2 f. 12A-B
2023Apachella franciscana Wagner p. 5845

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyNeilsoniinae
genusApachella
speciesfranciscana()

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.

†Apachella franciscana Chronic 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height186.722.2017.36.203.75
shell diameter183.971.4012.83.802.88

Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Roadian or 298.90000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Apachella franciscana (43509)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Apachella franciscana (101780)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Apachella franciscana (43559 101772 101773)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (New Mexico) Apachella franciscana (101770 101784)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (New Mexico) Apachella franciscana (86152)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) Apachella franciscana (41507 41516)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Arizona) Apachella franciscana (52898 95353 120746)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Apachella franciscana (43491 43513 43517 43609 75882 75884 81592 81617 81643 81699 81942 81949 101791)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Apachella franciscana (43563 81645 81693 101805)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Wyoming) Apachella franciscana (61938)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Arizona) Ananias franciscanus (type locality: 40001)