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Donaldina stevensana

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Donaldinidae

Taxonomy
Turritella stevensana was named by Meek and Worthen (1866) [Turritella? stevensana Meek & Worthen 1866]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Aclisina stevensana by Mark (1912); it was recombined as Aclisina stevansana by Knight (1931); it was recombined as Donaldina stevensana by Knight (1933), Hoare (1961), Sturgeon (1964), Yochelson and Saunders (1967), Thein and Nitecki (1974), Licharev (1975), Anderson et al. (1990), Batten (1995), Kues and Batten (2001), Heidelberger (2001), Bandel (2002) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Turritella stevensana Meek and Worthen pp. 382 - 383 figs. pl. 27 f. 8-8a
1912Aclisina formosa Mark
1912Aclisina stevensana Mark pp. 299, 313 figs. pl. 16 f. 5
1931Aclisina stevansana Knight pp. 8 - 9 figs. pl. 1 f. 1a-g; txt-f. 1a-b
1933Donaldina stevensana Knight pp. 57 - 58
1961Donaldina stevensana Hoare pp. 176 - 177 figs. pl. 21 f. 24
1964Donaldina stevensana Sturgeon p. 223 figs. pl. 34 f. 18-19
1967Donaldina stevensana Yochelson and Saunders p. 67
1974Donaldina stevensana Thein and Nitecki p. 220
1975Donaldina stevensana Licharev p. 132 figs. pl. 21 f. 12 - 16
1990Donaldina stevensana Anderson et al. p. 558
1995Donaldina stevensana Batten pp. 35 – 36 fig. 52
2001Donaldina stevensana Heidelberger p. 218
2001Donaldina stevensana Kues and Batten p. 90 figs. f. 18.4-18.8
2002Donaldina stevensana Bandel p. 60 figs. f. 10-16
2023Donaldina stevensana Wagner p. 5126

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyStreptacidoideaKnight 1931
familyDonaldinidae
genusDonaldina
speciesstevensana()

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.

†Donaldina stevensana Meek and Worthen 1866
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Invalid names: Aclisina formosa Mark 1912 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. L. Batten 1995High-spired shells with evenly formed revolving ornament. Sutures sharp and deep. Whorl profile mostly evenly inflated. Whorls embrace on base well below midwhorl periphery. Ornament consists of evenly spaced and developed revolving lira. Some specimens lack ornament on upper third of whorl. Anomphalus. Columellar lip straight and reflexed. Parietal inductura thin and ornament resorbed within plane of aperture on parietal surface.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Virgilian or 323.20000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Texas) Donaldina stevensana (79966)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Aclisina stevansana (69773)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Donaldina stevensana (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) Donaldina stevensana (46536)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Donaldina stevensana (64888 64894 64896 64898 64918)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Donaldina stevensana (70252)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Aclisina formosa, Aclisina stevensana (69721)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Maryland) Donaldina stevensana (118828)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Maryland) Donaldina stevensana (118827)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Donaldina stevensana (146828 156695 156709)