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Spiroscala rockymontana

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria rockymontana was named by Girty (1934). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Spiroscala rockymontana by Yochelson and Saunders (1967), Hoare et al. (1997), Kues and Batten (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Pleurotomaria rockymontana Girty p. 254 figs. f. 13-16
1967Spiroscala rockymontana Yochelson and Saunders p. 211
1997Spiroscala rockymontana Hoare et al. p. 1030
2001Spiroscala rockymontana Kues and Batten pp. 26 - 27 figs. f. 6.4
2023Spiroscala rockymontana Wagner p. 5952

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyEotomariinae
genusSpiroscala
speciesrockymontana()

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.

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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: Desmoinesian or 312.80000 to 306.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) Spiroscala rockymontana (46536)