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Euconia etna

Gastropoda - Sinuopeidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria etna was named by Billings (1865). Its type locality is Cape Norman. Zone G, which is in a Jeffersonian carbonate limestone in the Boat Harbour Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Euconia.

It was recombined as Euconia etna by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Donald (1902), Bridge and Cloud (1947), Wagner (1999), Rohr et al. (2003) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Pleurotomaria ramseyi Billings pp. 351 - 352 figs. 3-4
1859Pleurotomaria thule Murchison p. 379 figs. pl. 13 f. 13a-b
1865Pleurotomaria etna Billings pp. 226 - 227 figs. f. 210
1889Pleurotomaria beekmanensis Whitfield
1897Euconia etna Ulrich and Scofield p. 954
1897Euconia ramseyi Ulrich and Scofield p. 954
1902Euconia etna Donald p. 331
1902Euconia ramseyi Donald p. 331
1907Pleurotomaria ramsayi Peach et al.
1938Euconia ramseyi Twenhofel pp. 63 - 64
1947Euconia etna Bridge and Cloud
1999Euconia etna Wagner
2003Euconia etna Rohr et al. p. 132 figs. pl. 4
2023Euconia etna Wagner p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
familySinuopeidae
genusEuconia
speciesetna()

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.

†Euconia etna Billings 1865
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Invalid names: Euconia beekmanensis Whitfield 1889 [synonym], Euconia ramseyi Billings 1859 [synonym], Euconia thule Murchison 1859 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 09:52:05
Modified: 2009-03-04 11:52:05
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Stairsian to the top of the Tulean or 485.40000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Pleurotomaria etna, Pleurotomaria ramsayi (188569)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Vermont) Pleurotomaria beekmanensis (154942)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Pleurotomaria thule (188684)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Texas) Euconia etna (56497 80088)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Pleurotomaria etna (100029)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Vermont) Pleurotomaria etna (154944)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Euconia etna (196199)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Euconia etna (56147)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Pleurotomaria beekmanensis (188715) Pleurotomaria etna, Pleurotomaria beekmanensis, Pleurotomaria ramsayi (188699)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Euconia etna (195748)