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Straparollus spergenensis
Taxonomy
Euomphalus spergenensis was named by Hall (1856) [Euomphalus Spergenensis]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Indiana.
It was recombined as Straparollus spergensis by Buddington and Chapin (1929); it was recombined as Straparollus (Straparollus) spergenensis by Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Straparollus spergenensis by Cumings (1906) and Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Straparollus spergensis by Buddington and Chapin (1929); it was recombined as Straparollus (Straparollus) spergenensis by Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Straparollus spergenensis by Cumings (1906) and Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1856 | Euomphalus spergenensis Hall p. 19 |
1883 | Euomphalus spergenensis Hall p. 350 figs. pl. 31 f. 16-19 |
1906 | Straparollus spergenensis Cumings p. 1337 figs. pl. 25 f. 16-19 |
1929 | Straparollus spergensis Buddington and Chapin |
1967 | Straparollus (Straparollus) spergenensis Yochelson and Saunders pp. 226 - 227 |
2023 | Straparollus spergenensis Wagner p. 3813 |
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†Straparollus spergenensis Hall 1856
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. Hall 1856 | Shell sub-discoid or planorbiform; spire composed of five or six turns, the inner ones coiled in the same plane, two or three of the outer ones only visible in profile; suture well defined on both sides; volutions rounded below with a distinct obtuse angulation on the upper side, a little distance from the suture; umbilicus nearly twice the breadth of the outer volution; aperture oblique, round-oval, with a slight expansion at the angle on the upper side of the volution. Surface marked by close, fine, equal strim of growth. Diameter .30 to 1 inch; height .23 to .45 of an inch. |