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Cheeneetnukia australis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Cheeneetnukiidae

Taxonomy
Cheeneetnukia australis was named by Blodgett and Cook (2002). Its type specimen is QMF33100, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is QML 1019, ridge of silicrete 100 meters north of road 500m East of Storm Dam 190, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Dosey Limestone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Cheeneetnukia australis Blodgett and Cook
2023Cheeneetnukia australis Wagner p. 3761

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyCheeneetnukiidae
genusCheeneetnukia
speciesaustralis

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.

Cheeneetnukia australis Blodgett and Cook 2002
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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: Givetian or 387.70000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) Murchisoniidae indet. (type locality: 39870)