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Euconospira waterlooensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Bembexia waterlooensis was named by Weller (1916). It is not extant. Its type locality is Bed No. 8, Fountain Creek, 2 miles southwest of Waterloo, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Ste. Genevieve Formation of Illinois.

It was recombined as Spiroscala waterlooensis by Yochelson (1969); it was recombined as Euconospira waterlooensis by Thein and Nitecki (1974), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Bembexia waterlooensis Weller
1969Spiroscala waterlooensis Yochelson p. 30
1974Euconospira waterlooensis Thein and Nitecki p. 86
2023Euconospira waterlooensis Wagner p. 6119

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyEotomariinae
genusEuconospira
specieswaterlooensis()

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: 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: Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: Chesterian or 335.40000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Illinois) Bembexia waterlooensis (type locality: 68188)