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Minycardita sectilis
Taxonomy
Minycardita sectilis was named by Hoare and Plas (2003). Its type specimen is UI x8885, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is UCMP D-5252, Lookout Hill, Southern Arrow Canyon Range, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bird Spring Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Minycardita.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Minycardita sectilis Hoare and Plas p. 875 figs. 1.9-1.14 |
| 2023 | Minycardita sectilis Wagner p. 3756 |
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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.
†Minycardita sectilis Hoare and Plas 2003
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. D. Hoare and L.P. Plas 2003 | Small with smooth outer shell layer; anterior gape tear-drop in shape anteriorly, extending posteriorly as narrowing V-shaped opening which is denticulate; body slightly swollen; rostral clefts prominent.
Description.—Small (4 mm long not including rostrum; slightly swollen body extends anteriorly into snout with shallow concavity; primary carina not prominent; 15–16 radial costae on body and snout; rostral face with smooth outer layer, concave between primary carina and midline junction beneath rostrum; rostrum subcircular, length unknown; rostral clefts prominent; anterior gape elongate, narrowing posteriorly, denticulate; posterior ventral opening small, subcircular; portion of larval shell preserved. |