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Warthia fissus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Warthia fissus was named by Yochelson (1960). It is not extant. Its type locality is AMNH512, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Cherry Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Bellerophon pitkorskyi Netchaev p. 343 figs. Pl 12, figs 27,31
1960Warthia fissus Yochelson
1997Warthia fissus Kulas and Batten pp. 36 - 37 figs. pl. 1 f. 9A-C
2015Warthia fissus Mazaev p. 884 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-3; pl 4, fig 1
2023Warthia fissus Wagner p. 5997

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyEuphemitidae
subfamilyEuphemitinae
genusWarthia
speciesfissus

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.

†Warthia fissus Yochelson 1960
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Invalid names: Bellerophon pitkorskyi Netchaev 1894 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height125.423.807.405.551.03

Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:42:43
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:51:26
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 279.30000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Wyoming) Warthia fissus (61953 62878)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Kirov) Warthia fissus (126335)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Wyoming) Warthia fissus (61938)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Warthia fissus (174705 174706 174709)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Warthia fissus (43512 type locality: 81693 101767)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17USA (Wyoming) Warthia fissus (11227 61951)