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Mestoronema bipatellare

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae

Taxonomy
Raphistoma bipatellare was named by Koken and Perner (1925). Its type specimen is PMO 6060, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lesueurilla bipatellera by Vostokova (1955); it was recombined as Pararaphistoma (Pararaphistoma) bipatellera by Yochelson (1963); it was recombined as Mestoronema bipatellare by Ebbestad et al. (2013); it was recombined as Mestoronema bipatellera by Wagner (1999), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Raphistoma bipatellare Koken and Perner p. 87 figs. pl. 16 f. 13-14
1955Lesueurilla bipatellera Vostokova p. 92
1963Pararaphistoma (Pararaphistoma) bipatellera Yochelson pp. 187 - 188 figs. pl. 6 f. 1-9
1999Mestoronema bipatellera Wagner
2013Mestoronema bipatellare Ebbestad et al. pp. 319 - 320 figs. 11A–H, 12E–G, K, L
2023Mestoronema bipatellera Wagner p. 954

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyLesueurillidae
subfamilyLesueurillinae
genusMestoronema
speciesbipatellare()

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.

Mestoronema bipatellare Koken and Perner 1925
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. O. R. Ebbestad et al. 2013A species of Mestoronema with a pronounced lenticular shape of the aperture, an acute base, fine and sharp growth lines, and strong abapical curvature of the growth lines.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-21 10:48:04
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:48:04
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Keila to the top of the Oandu or 453.90000 to 451.80000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Keila453.9 - 452.8Sweden (Skane) Mestoronema bipatellare (164596 164597 164598 164602 164603)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Norway (Baerum) Raphistoma bipatellare (164569)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Sweden (Skane) Mestoronema bipatellare (164604)
Johvi452.8 - 449.9Sweden (Skane) Mestoronema bipatellare (164588 164589 164590 164591 164592 164593 164595 164599 164600)