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Eunema helicteres

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia helicteres was named by Salter (1859). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Lophospira helicteres by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Grabau and Shimer (1909), Knight and Bridge (1944), Wilson (1951), Tofel and Bretsky (1987), Wagner (1995) and Peel and Gubanov (1997); it was recombined as Eunema helicteres by Wagner (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Murchisonia helicteres Salter p. 21 figs. pl. 4 f. 2-4
1882Murchisonia helicteres Whitfield pp. 219 - 220
1883Murchisonia helicteres Chamberlin
1897Lophospira wisconsinensis Ulrich and Scofield
1897Lophospira helicteres Ulrich and Scofield pp. 971-972 figs. pl. 72 f. 25-28
1909Lophospira helicteres Grabau and Shimer
1909Lophospira wisconsinensis Grabau and Shimer
1937Lophospira sexlineata Shrock and Raasch p. 564 figs. Plate 8, Fig. 13
1944Lophospira helicteres Knight and Bridge
1951Lophospira helicteres Wilson pp. 34 - 35 figs. pl. 5 f. 1-3
1987Lophospira helicteres Tofel and Bretsky pp. 711 - 715 figs. 5.1-5.3, 5.6
1995Lophospira helicteres Wagner p. 177
1997Lophospira helicteres Peel and Gubanov p. 342
1999Eunema helicteres Wagner p. 30
2023Eunema helicteres Wagner p. 1459

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
subfamilyGyronematinae
genusEunema
specieshelicteres()

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.

Eunema helicteres Salter 1859
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Invalid names: Eunema sexlineata Shrock and Raasch 1937 [synonym], Eunema wisconsinensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available