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Neilsonia roscobiensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Neilsonia roscobiensis was named by Thomas (1940). Its type specimen is JWC 1100, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Roscobie, which is in a Brigantian offshore limestone in the Lower Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Neilsonia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Neilsonia roscobiensis Thomas pp. 46 - 47 figs. pl. 2 f .7a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyNeilsoniinae
genusNeilsonia
speciesroscobiensis

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.

Neilsonia roscobiensis Thomas 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:14
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 326.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 326.4United Kingdom Neilsonia roscobiensis (type locality: 90823)