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Euconospira elegantula

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia elegantula was named by Hall (1856). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Hunter Valley Quarries, 3 miles northwest of Bloomington, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Indiana.

It was recombined as Pleurotomaria elegantula by Holzapfel (1882) and Hall (1883); it was recombined as Bembexia elegantula by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Euconospira elegantula by Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Murchisonia elegantula Hall pp. 27 - 28 figs. pl. 48 f. 6
1860Pleurotomaria shumardi Meek and Worthen p. 462
1867Pleurotomaria shumardi Meek and Worthen pp. 260 - 261 figs. pl. 18 f. 6a-b
1882Pleurotomaria elegantula Holzapfel
1883Pleurotomaria elegantula Hall figs. pl. 32 f. 19
1897Bembexia elegantula Ulrich and Scofield p. 955
1897Bembexia shumardi Ulrich and Scofield p. 955
1974Euconospira shumardi Thein and Nitecki p. 86
2023Euconospira elegantula Wagner p. 3824

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyEotomariinae
genusEuconospira
specieselegantula()

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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Invalid names: Euconospira shumardi Meek and Worthen 1860 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available