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Ectomaria adelina

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia adelina was named by Billings (1865). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Solenospira adelina by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Ectomaria adelina by Wagner (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Murchisonia missisquoi Billings
1865Murchisonia adelina Billings p. 232 fig. 217
1865Murchisonia missisquoi Billings pp. 307 - 308
1897Solenospira adelina Ulrich and Scofield p. 1021
1897Solenospira missisquoi Ulrich and Scofield p. 1021
1999Ectomaria adelina Wagner
2023Ectomaria adelina Wagner p. 1419

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusEctomaria
speciesadelina()

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.

Ectomaria adelina Billings 1865
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Invalid names: Ectomaria missisquoi Billings 1865 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 07:43:28
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:43:28
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Cassinian to the top of the Darriwilian or 478.60000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tulean - Blackhillsian485.4 - 471.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Murchisona adelina (188715)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 468.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Murchisonia adelina (100029)
Cassinian478.6 - 468.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Ectomaria adelina (56642)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4China (Liaoning) Solenospira sp. (163054)