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Euconospira halliana

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria halliana was named by Shumard (1859). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is White limestone of the Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Euconospira halliana by Yochelson and Saunders (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Pleurotomaria halliana Shumard p. 399
1967Euconospira halliana Yochelson and Saunders p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyEotomariinae
genusEuconospira
specieshalliana()

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.

†Euconospira halliana Shumard 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height18.90

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2024-02-04 19:53:32
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Pleurotomaria halliana (type locality: 133736)