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Wortheniella

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae

Taxonomy
Wortheniella was named by Schwardt (1992) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1120]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Wortheniellidae.

It was assigned to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Wortheniellidae by Bandel (2009), Nützel and Kaim (2014), Monari and Dellantonio (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Wortheniella Schwardt
2002Wortheniella Sepkoski
2009Wortheniella Bandel p. 17
2014Wortheniella Nützel and Kaim p. 409
2024Wortheniella Monari and Dellantonio p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyWortheniellidae
genusWortheniellaSchwardt 1992

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.

G. †Wortheniella Schwardt 1992
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†Wortheniella brancoi ahlburg 1906
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Invalid names: Worthenia latemarensis Haberle 1908 [synonym]
†Wortheniella canalifera Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Turbo silenus Laube 1869 [synonym]
†Wortheniella cassiana Kittl 1891
†Wortheniella gigas Koken 1898
†Wortheniella qingyanensis Yu et al. 1974
†Wortheniella spuria Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Pleurotomaria concinna Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
†Wortheniella subpunctata Klipstein 1843
†Wortheniella toulai Kittl 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height207.182.1023.77.054.85
shell diameter202.10--2.10-

Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedsuperf
Created: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Wagner 2023, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Sevatian or 249.90000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Utah) Worthenia canalifera (44283)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Qinghai) Worthenia qingyanensis (56724)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany W. hausmanni (66094)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Worthenia qingyanensis, Worthenia gigas (98055)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Hessen) W. sp. (66092)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Worthenia gigas (44255) W. conica, W. hausmanni, W. johannisaustriae, W. nuda, W. sp., Wortheniella indet. (31625) W. conica, W. hausmanni, W. johannisaustriae, W. nuda, W. tuberculifera, W. xui, W. sp., Wortheniella indet., W. qingyanensis (31624) W. conica, W. hausmanni, W. nuda, W. sp. (31622) W. conica, W. hausmanni, W. nuda, W. tuberculifera, W. sp., Wortheniella indet. (31631) W. conica, W. hausmanni, W. xui, W. sp., Wortheniella indet. (31626) W. conica, W. nuda (31612) W. conica, W. nuda, W. regulocostata, W. tuberculifera, W. xui, W. n. sp. A (31617) W. conica, W. nuda, W. regulocostata, W. tuberculifera, W. xui, W. sp., Wortheniella indet. (31623) W. conica, W. nuda, W. sp. (31627) W. conica, W. nuda, W. tuberculifera, W. sp., Wortheniella indet. (31632) W. conica, W. nuda, W. tuberculifera, W. sp., W. qingyanensis (31618) W. conica, W. nuda, W. tuberculifera, W. xui, W. sp. (31620 31621) W. conica, W. nuda, W. xui, W. sp., W. gigas (31619) W. conica, W. sp. (31616) W. conica, W. sp., Wortheniella indet. (31611) W. hausmanni (31628) W. sp. (31615)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Italy W. brancoi (233847 233853 233854 233858)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy Worthenia canalifera (138255)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Pleurotomaria canalifera, Pleurotomaria spuria (137429) Pleurotomaria subpunctata (146390) Pleurotomaria subpunctata, Pleurotomaria concinna (145649) Worthenia canalifera (69662 69665 69677) Worthenia coralliophila (69661 144633) Worthenia coralliophila, Worthenia canalifera (34692) Worthenia coralliophila, Worthenia cassiana, Worthenia canalifera, Worthenia subpunctata, Worthenia spuria (144631) Worthenia spuria (69660) Worthenia toulai (144634) W. coralliophila, W. canalifera (163817) W. rarissima, W. venusta, W. crenata, W. muensteri, W. coralliophila, W. cassiana, W. spuria (66197) W. rarissima, W. venusta, W. joannisaustriae, W. coronata, W. tenera, W. coralliophila, W. subpunctata, W. spuria (38164) W. venusta, W. crenata, W. subgranulata, W. coronata, W. beaumonti, W. coralliophila, W. canalifera, W. subpunctata, W. spuria, W. toulai (56979)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3China (Yunnan) Worthenia canalifera (165315)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy (South Tyrol) Worthenia canalifera (205149 205157)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Hungary (Bakony) Worthenia subpunctata (203199 203210)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Iran W. crenata (37959)