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Cheeneetnukia spinosa

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Cheeneetnukiidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia spinosa was named by Phillips (1841). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Wuxuanella spinosa by Cook and Pan (2004); it was recombined as Cheeneetnukia spinosa by Blodgett and Cook (2002), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Murchisonia spinosa Phillips
2002Cheeneetnukia spinosa Blodgett and Cook p. 19
2004Wuxuanella spinosa Cook and Pan p. 421
2023Cheeneetnukia spinosa Wagner p. 4332

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyCheeneetnukiidae
genusCheeneetnukia
speciesspinosa()

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.

Cheeneetnukia spinosa Phillips 1841
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Murchisonia spinosa spinosa Phillips 1841
Wuxuanella spinosa turboides Winterfeld 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:43:51
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:43:51
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Murchisonia spinosa (38359 38360)