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Decorochilina cancellata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Taxonomy
Macrochilina cancellata was named by Lindström (1884). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Meekospira cancellata by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was misspelled as Machrochilina cancellata by Manten (1971); it was recombined as Decorochilina cancellata by Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
  • Macrochilina rara was named by Perner (1903) [Macrochilina rara Barrande in Perner 1903]. It is not extant. Its type locality is Bubovice, which is in a Ludfordian carbonate limestone in the Kopanina Formation of the Czech Republic.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Decorochilina cancellata by Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Macrochilina cancellata Lindström p. 191 figs. pl. 18 f. 46-47
1897Meekospira cancellata Ulrich and Scofield p. 1079
1903Macrochilina rara Perner
1907Macrochilina rara Perner p. 360
1971Machrochilina cancellata Manten
2023Decorochilina cancellata Wagner p. S1787

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familySoleniscidae
genusDecorochilina
speciescancellata()

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.

†Decorochilina cancellata Lindström 1884
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Invalid names: Decorochilina rara Perner 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-08-16 10:05:44
Modified: 2004-08-16 12:05:44
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Machrochilina cancellata (13603)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic (Bohemia) Macrochilina rara (104939)