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Sinuitina (Vorticina) venata

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Oxydiscus venata was named by Girty (1910). Its type specimen is USNM 161320, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tropidodiscus venata by Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Sinuitina venata by Yochelson (1969); it was recombined as Sinuitina (Vorticina) venata by Gordon and Yochelson (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Oxydiscus venata Girty p. 231
1967Tropidodiscus venata Yochelson and Saunders p. 239
1969Sinuitina venata Yochelson pp. 26 – 27 figs. pl. 5 f. 38, 43
1987Sinuitina (Vorticina) venata Gordon and Yochelson p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
genusSinuitina()
subgenusVorticina
speciesvenata()

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
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-18 08:53:22
Modified: 2009-10-11 15:09:03
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Meramecian or 342.90000 to 335.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Arkansas) Sinuitina venata (67201)