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Michelia tenera

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Sinuspira tenera was named by Perner (1907) [Barrande in Perner 1907]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bubovice, which is in a Ludfordian carbonate limestone in the Kopanina Formation of the Czech Republic. It is the type species of Sinuspira.

It was recombined as Murchisonia (Sinuspira) tenera by Knight et al. (1960) and Peel (1977); it was recombined as Michelia tenera by Wagner (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Sinuspira tenera Perner pp. 132 - 133 figs. pl. 99 f. 41-44; txt. f. 177-179
1960Murchisonia (Sinuspira) tenera Knight et al. p. 291 figs. f. 190.8
1977Murchisonia (Sinuspira) tenera Peel p. 36 figs. pl. 4 f. 6
1999Michelia tenera Wagner
2023Michelia tenera Wagner p. 1819

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyMurchisoniidae
genusMichelia
speciestenera()

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.

†Michelia tenera Perner 1907
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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: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:13:38
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:13:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Gorstian to the top of the Ludfordian or 427.40000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic (Praha) Sinuspira tenera (58980 155418)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic (Bohemia) Sinuspira tenera (type locality: 104939)