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Yochelsonospira gairensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Worthenia gairensis was named by Thomas (1940). Its type specimen is RSM 1939.3.2, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gair, near Carluke, which is in an Arnsbergian carbonate limestone/mudstone in the Upper Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Yochelsonospira gairensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Worthenia gairensis Thomas pp. 44 - 45 figs. pl. 2 f. 6a-b
2023Yochelsonospira gairensis Wagner p. S7768

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusYochelsonospira()
speciesgairensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
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