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Euconospira conica

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria conica was named by Phillips (1836). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mourlonia conica by de Koninck (1883); it was recombined as Mourlonia (Trechmannia) conica by Longstaff (1912); it was recombined as Euconospira conica by Batten (1966), Gromczakiewicz-Łomnicka (1973), Thein and Nitecki (1974), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. bicarinatus, E. turbiniforma

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Pleurotomaria conica Phillips p. 228 figs. pl. 15 f. 22
1883Mourlonia conica de Koninck pp. 88 - 89 figs. pl. 23 f. 17-21, 23, 26-28
1912Mourlonia (Trechmannia) conica Longstaff p. 304
1966Euconospira conica Batten p. 33 figs. pl. 4 f. 1
1973Euconospira conica Gromczakiewicz-Łomnicka pp. 33 - 34 figs. pl. 7 f. 4
1974Euconospira conica Thein and Nitecki p. 88
2023Euconospira conica Wagner p. 6122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyEotomariinae
genusEuconospira
speciesconica()

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.

†Euconospira conica Phillips 1836
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedsuperf
Created: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Arundian to the top of the Brigantian or 346.70000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arundian346.7 - 339.9Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Euconospira conica (60115 60116)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland (Cork) Pleurotomaria conica (184504)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Mourlonia conica (67670)