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Morania nixonforkensis
Taxonomy
Morania nixonforkensis was named by Rohr et al. (2008). Its type specimen is USNM 534459, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Field Locality 94R-3 (=USGS 79APA82b), which is in a Gorstian/Pridoli carbonate limestone in Alaska.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2008 | Morania nixonforkensis Rohr et al. p. 609 fig. 3.4–3.6 |
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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.
†Morania nixonforkensis Rohr et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| D. M. Rohr et al. 2008 | High-spired, slowly expanding shell with many angular whorls, minutely phaneromphalous with a slightly raised band at midwhorl; width of whorl triple the height of whorl.
Apical angle of 10–12°, slowly expanding, with many angular whorls, minutely phaneromphalous shell with a slightly raised band at subangular midwhorl; narrowly incised suture, shell surface concave to nearly flat above and below midwhorl, base convex, apertural lip unknown; width of whorl between sutures triple the height of whorl. |