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Ectomaria callahanensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Murchisonia) callahanensis was named by Rohr (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 18130. Gregg Ranch, which is in a Caradoc carbonate conglomerate/limestone in the Kangaroo Creek Formation of California.

It was recombined as Murchisonia callahanensis by Rohr (1980); it was recombined as Ectomaria callahanensis by Wagner (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Murchisonia callahanensis Rohr
1980Murchisonia (Murchisonia) callahanensis Rohr p. 186 figs. pl. 11 f. 13-15
1997Murchisonia (Murchisonia) callahanensis Frýda and Manda p. 80
1999Ectomaria callahanensis Wagner
2023Ectomaria callahanensis Wagner p. 1421

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

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: 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: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Caradoc to the top of the Ashgill or 458.40000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (California) Murchisonia callahanensis (69217 69220 69222 69223 69224 type locality: 69228 69232)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (California) Murchisonia callahanensis (69225)