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Wortheniella spuria

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria spuria was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Worthenia spuria by Kittl (1891); it was recombined as Wortheniella spuria by Bandel (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Pleurotomaria spuria Münster p. 110 figs. Pl 11, fig 29
1843Pleurotomaria concinna Klipstein p. 164 figs. Pl 10, fig 20
1891Worthenia spuria Kittl p. 191 figs. Pl 3, figs 3,4
2009Wortheniella spuria Bandel p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyWortheniellidae
genusWortheniellaSchwardt 1992
speciesspuria()

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.

Wortheniella spuria Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Pleurotomaria concinna Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available