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Sinuites obesa

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae

Taxonomy
Protowarthia obesus was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Protowarthia obesus Ulrich in Ulrich & Scofield 1897]. Its type specimen is USNM 45961, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Sinuites obesus by Bassler (1915) and Wahlman (1992); it was recombined as Sinuites obesa by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Protowarthia obesus Ulrich and Scofield
1915Sinuites obesus Bassler p. 1160
1992Sinuites obesus Wahlman pp. 112 - 113 figs. pl. 9 f. 1-12
2023Sinuites obesa Wagner p. 390

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familySinuitidae
subfamilySinuitinae
genusSinuites
speciesobesa()

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.

†Sinuites obesa Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:22:03
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:54:13
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Chatfieldian or 457.30000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Kentucky) Sinuites obesa (99336 99339 99655 101378) Sinuites obesus (77354)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Sinuites obesa (87821 87823)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Protowarthia obesus (154460) Sinuites obesa (77144 87819 101381)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Protowarthia obesus (194138) Sinuites obesa (87820 99657)