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Apachella arizonensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Apachella arizonensis was named by Winters (1963) [Apachella? arizonensis]. Its type specimen is AMNH 28002/3:1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cibecue Road, Locality 4, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Supai Formation of Arizona.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Apachella arizonensis Winters p. 33 figs. pl. 4 f. 3a-b
2002Apachella arizonensis Blodgett et al. p. 488

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyNeilsoniinae
genusApachella
speciesarizonensis

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.

Apachella arizonensis Winters 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height26.185.706.706.200.707

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: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Apachella arizonensis (52898 type locality: 95353 120746 120747)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Mexico (Sonora) Apachella arizonensis (52096)