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Taosia

Gastropoda - Orthonematidae

Taxonomy
Taosia was named by Girty (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-l P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 109,1258]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Stegocoelia (Taosia) by Knight et al. (1960).

It was assigned to Stegocoelia by Knight et al. (1960); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Orthonemidae by Bandel (2002); and to Orthonematidae by Mazaev (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Taosia Girty
1960Stegocoelia (Taosia) Knight et al. p. 293
2002Taosia Bandel p. 97
2002Taosia Sepkoski
2011Taosia Mazaev p. 1562

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyOrthonematoideaNützel and Bandel 2000
familyOrthonematidae()
genusTaosia

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.

G. †Taosia Girty 1939
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†Taosia copei White 1881
†Taosia dozierensis Beede 1907
†Taosia missouriensis Girty 1915
†Taosia mongolica Grabau 1931
†Taosia wortheni Knight 1942
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Invalid names: Loxonema quadricarinatus Worthen 1884 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height512.16.3025.59.708.59
shell diameter55.082.908.905.904.24

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 Eifelian to the top of the Capitanian or 393.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Alaska) Stegocoelia sp. (3639)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arizona) T. sp. (42800)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Texas) Stegocoelia copei, Stegocoelia crenulata (79966)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Stegocoelia spp., Stegocoelia copei, Stegocoelia wortheni (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Stegocoelia copei (64902 64951)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) Stegocoelia copei, Stegocoelia wortheni (46536) Stegocoelia sp. (146530)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Murchisonia missouriensis (70482)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Aclisina quadricarinata (160173)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Murchisonia missouriensis (159900)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Stegocoelia crenulata (160176 160177)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Stegocoelia crenulata (156695 156713 156715) T. crenulata (146819)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) Stegocoelia sp. (66102)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Venezuela (Merida) T. sp. (41505 41508 41509 41511 41516 41517)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Malaysia (Perak) Stegocoelia bengkaka (62131)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Iran T. sp. (112884)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Wyoming) Stegocoelia sp. (61938)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Solenospira mongolica (109257)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Orthonema dozierensis (97264 136220) T. dozierensis (116645 116650)