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Donaldospira malaysia

Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Donaldospira) malaysia was named by Batten (1985). Its type specimen is AMNH 42782, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the H.S. Lee Formation of Malaysia.

It was recombined as Donaldospira malaysia by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Murchisonia (Donaldospira) malaysia Batten
1997Murchisonia (Donaldospira) malaysia Pan p. 607
2023Donaldospira malaysia Wagner p. S4346

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderCerithimorpha
familyOrthonemidae
genusDonaldospira(Batten 1966)
speciesmalaysia()

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.

Donaldospira malaysia Batten 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height756.240.285.158.214.3
shell diameter720.213.828.020.25.09

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Malaysia (Perak) Murchisonia malaysia (type locality: 62131)