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Conotoma nitella

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria nitella was named by Hall (1860). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Bembexia nitella by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) and Rollins et al. (1971); it was recombined as Oehlertia nitella by Perner (1907); it was recombined as Ptychomphalina nitella by Blodgett and Johnson (1992) and Blodgett (1992); it was recombined as Conotoma nitella by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Pleurotomaria nitella Hall p. 85 figs. pl. 30 f. 19
1860Pleurotomaria nitella Hall p. 85 figs. pl. 30 f. 19
1897Bembexia nitella Ulrich and Scofield p. 955
1907Oehlertia nitella Perner p. 30
1971Bembexia nitella Rollins et al. p. 154
1992Ptychomphalina nitella Blodgett p. 147
1992Ptychomphalina nitella Blodgett and Johnson p. 107
2023Conotoma nitella Wagner p. 1841

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyCoelozoninae
tribeCoelozonides
genusConotoma()
speciesnitella()

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.

Conotoma nitella Hall 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:14
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available