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Vorticina

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Sinuitina (Vorticina) Gordon and Yochelson p. 27
1987Vorticina Gordon and Yochelson p. 27
2002Sinuitina (Vorticina) Sepkoski
2023Vorticina Wagner p. G1618

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

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. †Vorticina Gordon and Yochelson 1987
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Sinuitina (Vorticina) keytei Yochelson 1960
Vorticina anneae Conkin 1957
Vorticina cyrtolites Hall 1858
Vorticina vortex Gordon and Yochelson 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height116.0

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: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Kungurian or 364.70000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Ohio) Tropidodiscus cyrtolites (3437 3438 3440 3442 3443 3452 3456 3457)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Missouri) Tropidodiscus cyrtolites (147905)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Morocco V. sp. (66285)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (California) Bellerophon cyrtolites (214521)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Indiana) Tropidodiscus cyrtolites (57050)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Ohio) Tropidodiscus cyrtolites (93067 93072 155894)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Kentucky) Sinuitina anneae (59889 59891)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Utah) Sinuitina vortex (59829)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Arkansas) Sinuitina venata (67201)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Sinuitina keytei (121497)