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Ectomaria orientalis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Omospira orientalis was named by Donald (1906). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan, which is in a Rawtheyan carbonate limestone in the South Threave Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Ectomaria orientalis by Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Omospira orientalis Donald pp. 553 – 554 figs. pl. 43 f. 1–2
1924Lophospira laticarinata Foerste p. 212 figs. pl. 37 f. 4a-c
2023Ectomaria orientalis Wagner p. 1428

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusEctomaria
speciesorientalis()

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.

Ectomaria orientalis Donald 1906
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Invalid names: Ectomaria laticarinata Foerste 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 07:43:28
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:43:28
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Richmondian or 481.70000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Murchisona pagoda (188699)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Alaska) Ectomaria prisca (49349)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Omospira orientalis (type locality: 73134)