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Dictyotomaria capillaria

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria capillaria was named by Conrad (1842). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pleurotomaria (Gyroma) capillaria by Perner (1907); it was recombined as Gyroma capillaria by Grabau and Shimer (1909), Prosser and Kindle (1913) and Clarke and Swartz (1913); it was recombined as Bembexia capillaria by Ellison (1965); it was recombined as Glyptomaria (Dictyomaria) capillaria by Rollins et al. (1971) and Rollins (1975); it was recombined as Mourlonia capilaria by Baird and Brett (1983); it was recombined as Dictyomaria capillaria by Amler and Heidelberger (2003); it was recombined as Glyptotomaria capillaria by Zambito (2008); it was recombined as Devonorhineoderma capillaria by Karapunar and Nützel (2022); it was recombined as Dictyotomaria capillaria by Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Pleurotomaria capillaria Conrad p. 271 figs. pl. 16 f. 11
1862Pleurotomaria capillaria Hall p. 45
1876Pleurotomaria capillaria Hall figs. pl. 5 f. 2
1879Pleurotomaria capillaria Hall p. 77 figs. pl. 20 f. 6-7, 20-23
1885Pleurotomaria capillaria Clarke p. 54
1889Pleurotomaria procteri Nettelroth p. 173 figs. pl. 21 f. 9-10, 13
1903Pleurotomaria capillaria Clarke p. 555
1907Pleurotomaria (Gyroma) capillaria Perner p. 25
1909Gyroma capillaria Grabau and Shimer p. 647 figs. f. 882
1909Bembexia procteri Stauffer
1913Gyroma capillaria Clarke and Swartz pp. 661 - 662 figs. pl. 67 f. 1-3
1913Gyroma capillaria Prosser and Kindle pp. 282 - 283 figs. pl. 35 f. 6-8
1965Bembexia capillaria Ellison pp. 148 - 149 figs. pl. 17 f. 1
1971Glyptomaria (Dictyomaria) capillaria Rollins et al. pp. 149 - 150 figs. 10a-f
1975Glyptomaria (Dictyomaria) capillaria Rollins p. 22
1983Mourlonia capilaria Baird and Brett
2003Dictyomaria capillaria Amler and Heidelberger p. 1176
2008Glyptotomaria capillaria Zambito
2022Devonorhineoderma capillaria Karapunar and Nützel p. 66
2023Dictyotomaria capillaria Wagner p. 1404

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
genusDictyotomaria
speciescapillaria()

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.

Dictyotomaria capillaria Conrad 1842
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Invalid names: Dictyotomaria procteri Nettelroth 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:14
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Cazenovian to the top of the Mississippian or 391.90000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Ohio) Pleurotomaria capillaria, Pleurotomaria procteri (129948)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) Glyptotomaria capillaria (91091 91215 91216 91217 91226 91227 91228 91229 91268 91279)
Cazenovian391.9 - 383.7USA (New York) Glyptotomaria capillaria (69461 69462 69464)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Glyptotomaria capillaria (86318 86319 86643 86645 86646 89663 89707 89812 89879 89886 89899 89904 89921 89924 89927 89928 89931 89963 90850 96338 111331 111416) Mourlonia capilaria (96211 96212 96213)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Pennsylvania) Bembexia capillaria (9887 9888 9896 9914)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4USA (New York) Pleurotomaria capillaria (136085)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (California) Pleurotomaria capillaria (214521)