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Soleniscus elegans

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Taxonomy
Strobeus elegans was named by Gemmellaro (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Soleniscus elegans by Gemmellaro (1889), Delpey (1942), Batten (1985) and Mazaev (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Strobeus elegans Gemmellaro
1889Soleniscus elegans Gemmellaro
1942Soleniscus elegans Delpey p. 57 fig. 9
1985Soleniscus elegans Batten p. 30 fig. 43
2019Soleniscus elegans Mazaev p. 1336 fig. 75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familySoleniscidae
genusSoleniscus
specieselegans()

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.

†Soleniscus elegans Gemmellaro 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height38.434.7015.08.505.21
shell diameter32.50--2.50-

Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-08-16 10:05:44
Modified: 2004-08-16 12:05:44
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Wagner 2023, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Capitanian or 298.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Soleniscus elegans (202159 220884 220885)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Soleniscus elegans (220898)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Malaysia (Perak) Soleniscus elegans (62131)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Strobeus elegans (type locality: 108673)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Cambodia Soleniscus elegans (107274 107279)