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Streptacis scalpta

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Streptacididae

Taxonomy
Streptacis scalpta was named by Knight (1931). Its type specimen is YPM 13011, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is SL-1. Headwaters of Feefee Creek, north of Olive St. & west of Lindberg Blvd., 1.5 km northwest of Stratmann (Olivette), which is in a Moscovian offshore shale in the Appanoose Formation of Missouri.

It was recombined as Eoptychia scalpta by Bandel (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Streptacis scalpta Knight p. 12–13 figs. pl. 2 fr. 4a-b; txt. f. 1f, k
1997Streptacis scalpta Hoare et al. p. 1036
2002Eoptychia scalpta Bandel p. 56
2023Streptacis scalpta Wagner p. S4500

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyStreptacidoideaKnight 1931
familyStreptacididae
genusStreptacis
speciesscalpta

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.

Streptacis scalpta Knight 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kashirian to the top of the Myachkovian or 313.80000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Streptacis scalpta (type locality: 69773)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Streptacis scalpta (46548)