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Bembexia minima

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria minima was named by Rowley (1895). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Bembexia minimus by Stainbrook (1950); it was recombined as Bembexia minima by Williams (1943) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Pleurotomaria minima Rowley
1898Pleurotomaria minima Weller p. 457
1908Pleurotomaria minima Rowley p. 91 figs. pl. 19 f. 8
1943Bembexia minima Williams pp. 101 - 102 figs. pl. 9 f. 24
1950Bembexia minimus Stainbrook
2023Bembexia minima Wagner p. S3912

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyEotomariinae
genusBembexia
speciesminima(Rowley 1895)

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.

Bembexia minima Rowley 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2024-02-04 19:53:32
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Kinderhookian or 364.70000 to 352.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Missouri) Bembexia minima (6019 6027 6029)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Iowa) Bembexia minimus (5932)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) Bembexia minima (6733)