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Wuxuanella spinacavus

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia spinacavus was named by Heidelberger (2001).

It was recombined as Wuxuanella spinacavus by Cook and Pan (2004) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Murchisonia spinacavus Heidelberger pp. 148-149 figs. pl. 14 f. 2-8
2004Wuxuanella spinacavus Cook and Pan p. 421
2023Wuxuanella spinacavus Wagner p. 4331

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyMurchisoniidae
genusWuxuanella
speciesspinacavus(Heidelberger 2001)

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.

Wuxuanella spinacavus Heidelberger 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 18:05:26
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:43:21
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Givetian or 387.70000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Murchisonia spinacavus (38359 38360)