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Deacheospira egens

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria (Mourlonia) egens was named by Perner (1907). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Clathrospira egens by HornĂ½ (1997); it was recombined as Deacheospira egens by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Pleurotomaria (Mourlonia) egens Perner p. 55 figs. pl. 112 f. V 1-4
1997Clathrospira egens HornĂ½ p. 57 figs. pl. 12 f. 14
2023Deacheospira egens Wagner p. 1827

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyCoelozoninae
genusDeacheospira
speciesegens()

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.

Deacheospira egens Perner 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Maysvillian or 451.00000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bohdalec459.3 - 445.2Czechia (Praha) Clathrospira egens (99690)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Nunavut) Holopea sp. (99700 99701 99702 99704)