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Slehoferia pachyta

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Trochonematidae

Taxonomy
Slehoferia pachyta was named by Ebbestad et al. (2008) [Ebbestad and Bassett in Ebbestad et al.]. Its type specimen is NMW 2003.8G.13, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Track a few km NNW of Dahu Village, near Katkoyeh village, which is in a Cheneyan carbonate limestone in the Katkoyeh Formation of Iran.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Slehoferia pachyta Ebbestad et al. pp. 611 – 612 figs. 5.1–5.12, 6, 7.1–7.14, 8.1–8.9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyTrochonematidae
genusSlehoferia
speciespachyta

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Slehoferia pachyta Ebbestad et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. O. R. Ebbestad et al. 2008Large species of Slehoferia with an anomphalous shell at maturity, a thick columella, thick shell in the basal part, transverse growth-lines for much of ontogeny, and an incipient sinus at the apertural margin at maturity
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 19:36:26
Modified: 2009-06-11 21:36:26
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Cheneyan or 452.50000 to 451.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cheneyan452.5 - 451.3Iran Slehoferia pachyta (84837 type locality: 84839)