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Donaldospira geminocarinata

Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia geminocarinata was named by Chronic (1952). Its type specimen is Mus N. Ariz G2.353, 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 Goniasma geminocarinata by Batten (1964), Yochelson and Saunders (1967), Yancey (1969), Kulas and Batten (1997); it was recombined as Stegocoelia (Donaldospira) geminocarinata by Kues and Batten (2001); it was recombined as Donaldospira geminocarinata by Quiroz-Barroso et al. (2021), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Murchisonia geminocarinata Chronic pp. 123 - 124 figs. pl. 4 f. 12-14
1964Goniasma geminocarinata Batten pp. 14 - 15 figs. f. 16 - 18
1967Goniasma geminocarinata Yochelson and Saunders
1969Goniasma geminocarinata Yancey p. 12 fig. 16
1997Goniasma geminocarinata Kulas and Batten pp. 49, 50 figs. pl. 4 f. 1-2
2001Stegocoelia (Donaldospira) geminocarinata Kues and Batten p. 45
2021Donaldospira geminocarinata Quiroz-Barroso et al. p. 7 fig. 3.10
2023Donaldospira geminocarinata Wagner p. 5806

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderCerithimorpha
familyOrthonemidae
genusDonaldospira(Batten 1966)
speciesgeminocarinata()

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1715.37.6027.015.05.94
shell diameter176.033.3011.86.352.71

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 290.10000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Goniasma geminocarinata (120946)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Arizona) Goniasma geminocarinata (94884 101777 101778 101779) Murchisonia geminocarinata (39999 type locality: 40001)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Wyoming) Goniasma geminocarinata (61938)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Mexico (Chiapas) Donaldospira geminocarinata (220048)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14USA (Wyoming) Goniasma geminocarinata (61936 61937 61948)