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Worthenia corrugata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Taxonomy
Worthenia corrugata was named by Chronic (1952). Its type specimen is AMNH 27109:1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rimmy Jim Tank, Kaibab Formation, Coconino County, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Worthenia corrugata Chronic
1967Worthenia corrugata Mayou p. 113 figs. Pl 2, fig 10
1989Worthenia corrugata Batten p. 55 figs. Pl 10, figs 18-20
1997Worthenia corrugata Kulas and Batten pp. 44 - 45 figs. pl. 2 f. 6A-C, 7A-C
2008Worthenia corrugata Nakazawa et al. p. 5 fig. 10
2023Worthenia corrugata Wagner p. 5999

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyPhymatopleuridae
genusWorthenia
speciescorrugata

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.

Worthenia corrugata Chronic 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height78.654.1018.67.704.90
shell diameter78.333.9017.17.105.81

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2024-02-04 19:53:32
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Changhsingian or 279.30000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Nevada) Worthenia corrugata (38751 38756 38768 38774 38775 38828 66101)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Worthenia corrugata (43491 43495 43510 43609 81642)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Venezuela (Merida) Worthenia corrugata (41508)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) Worthenia corrugata (39999 type locality: 40001)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Worthenia corrugata (43512 81640 81693 101767)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1USA (Texas) Worthenia corrugata (81695)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9USA (Texas) Worthenia corrugata (101798)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17USA (Wyoming) Worthenia corrugata (61948 61951 61952)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17USA (Wyoming) Worthenia corrugata (82180)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Japan Worthenia corrugata (115234)