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Wortheniopsis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Plethospiridae

Taxonomy
Wortheniopsis was named by Böhm (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi Tr Nori]. Its type is Pleurotomaria margarethae.

It was corrected as Worthenopsis by Beede (1907); it was reranked as Pleurotomaria (Wortheniopsis) by Reed (1927).

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Beede (1907); to Pleurotomaria by Reed (1927); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Goniasmatidae by Nützel and Karapunar (2023); to Pithodeinae by Knight et al. (1960) and Wagner (2023); and to Plethospiridae by Nützel et al. (2018) and Monari and Dellantonio (2024).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Wortheniopsis Böhm p. 219
1907Worthenopsis Beede p. 164
1927Pleurotomaria (Wortheniopsis) Reed p. 96
1960Wortheniopsis Knight et al. p. 296
2002Wortheniopsis Sepkoski
2018Wortheniopsis Nützel et al. p. 491
2018Murchisonietta Nützel et al. p. 500
2023Wortheniopsis Nützel and Karapunar p. 550
2023Wortheniopsis Wagner p. G1179
2024Wortheniopsis Monari and Dellantonio p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyPlethospiridaeWenz 1938
genusWortheniopsis

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.

G. †Wortheniopsis Böhm 1895
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Wortheniopsis acuta Nützel et al. 2018
Wortheniopsis quirinii Stoppani 1858
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Invalid names: Turbo funiculatus Stoppani 1858 [synonym]
Invalid names: Murchisonietta Nützel et al. 2018 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:43:51
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:43:51
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Norian or 264.28000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Worthenopsis sp. (136220)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Qinghai) W. sp. (56724)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Romania Murchisonietta acuta (197722) W. sp. (197724)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy W. margarethae (233832 233838 233844 233850 233854 233855 233858 233859 233860)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy W. margarethae (138255 138256)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Hungary W. budensis (73279)