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Plethospira emanuelensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Seelya emanuelensis was named by Yu (1993). It is not extant. Its type locality is Canning Basin, 20 kilometers southeast of Fitzroy Crossing, which is in an Arenig carbonate limestone in the Emanuel Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Plethospira emanuelensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Seelya emanuelensis Yu pp. 453 - 454 figs. f. 5I-L
2023Plethospira emanuelensis Wagner p. 4779

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyHormotomidae
genusPlethospira
speciesemanuelensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
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 mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-08-16 10:06:19
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:39:12
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Wagner 2023, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Arenig or 478.60000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Australia (Western Australia) Seelya emanuelensis (type locality: 56626)