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Eotomaria subplana

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Eotomaria subplana was named by Longstaff (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Balclatchie Farm, Ayrshire, Girvan, which is in a Burrellian carbonate limestone/conglomerate in the Balclatchie Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Eotomaria subplana Longstaff p. 415 figs. Pl. XXXII, fig. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyEotomariinae
genusEotomaria
speciessubplana

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.

Eotomaria subplana Longstaff 1924
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. D. Longstaff 1924Shell conical, low, composed of about six whorls. Whorls subangular near the middle, flattened above, convex below. Band of medium width, situated above the periphery, lines of growth curving back to it above with moderate obliquity, and sloping forward below with apparently greater obliquity. Base convex, umbilicus rather narrow. Aperture unknown. Section of whorl subquadrate.
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 07:22:01
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:22:01
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Burrellian or 456.60000 to 452.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Eotomaria subplana (type locality: 169263)