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Ectomaria adventa

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Omospira adventa was named by Butts (1926). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Seaboard Air Line Railway 0.5 miles west of Odenville, which is in a Chazyan offshore ramp carbonate in the Lenoir Formation of Tennessee.

It was recombined as Ectomaria adventa by Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Ectomaria peachii Donald
1926Omospira adventa Butts
2023Ectomaria adventa Wagner p. 1420

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

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 adventa Butts 1926
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Invalid names: Ectomaria peachii Donald 1899 [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: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Chazyan or 477.70000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Missouri) Ectomaria n. sp. (75519) Ectomaria n. sp. #1 (75564) Ectomaria n. sp. #2 (75543 75552 75561)
Floian477.7 - 470.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Ectomaria peachii (167923)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Tennessee) Omospira adventa (167929)