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Trochonema valenticum

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae

Taxonomy
Trochonema valenticum was named by Pitcher (1939). Its type locality is Morrell's Wood, Norbury, Shropshire, which is in an Aeronian carbonate shale in the Pentamerus Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Trochonema valenticum Pitcher pp. 100 - 101 figs. pl. 4 f. 4-9
2023Trochonema valenticum Wagner p. 2148

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyTrochonematidae
genusTrochonema
speciesvalenticum

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.

Trochonema valenticum Pitcher 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:25:05
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:25:05
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Telychian or 440.80000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (England) Trochonema valenticum (56397)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (Wales) Trochonema valenticum (type locality: 56396)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (England) Trochonema valenticum (49635)