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Naticopsis marginata

Gastropoda - Naticopsidae

Taxonomy
Natica marginata was named by Römer (1843). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grund, northwest of Hartz mountains, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Cürten Strata Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Naticopsis marginata by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Natica marginata Römer p. 27 figs. pl. 7 f. 6a-b
1885Natica marginata Clarke p. 354
1891Natica marginata Whidborne p. 189
2023Naticopsis marginata Wagner p. 3694

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNaticopsidae()
genusNaticopsis
speciesmarginata()

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.

†Naticopsis marginata Römer 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Body part: shellg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-12-22 09:38:38
Modified: 2010-02-04 09:57:44
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Squires 1976, Knight 1933

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany Natica marginata (type locality: 156553)