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Orthonema nebrascense

Gastropoda - Orthonematidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia nebrascensis was named by Geinitz (1866). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Pillsbury Shale Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Orthonema nebrascaensis by Bandel (2002); it was recombined as Orthonema nebrascense by Meek (1871), Anderson et al. (1985), Kues and Batten (2001), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Murchisonia nebrascensis Geinitz p. 12 figs. pl. 1 f. 17
1871Orthonema nebrascense Meek
1985Orthonema nebrascense Anderson et al.
2001Orthonema nebrascense Kues and Batten p. 57
2002Orthonema nebrascaensis Bandel pp. 93 - 94 figs. f. 14-17
2023Orthonema nebrascense Wagner p. 5917

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyOrthonematoideaNützel and Bandel 2000
familyOrthonematidae()
genusOrthonema
speciesnebrascense()

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.

Orthonema nebrascense Geinitz 1866
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Virgilian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Murchisonia nebrascensis (157668)