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Biarmeaspira arizonensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Worthenia arizonensis was named by Winters (1963). Its type specimen is AMNH 28005/3:1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cibecue Road, Locality 4, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Supai Formation of Arizona.

It was recombined as Biarmeaspira arizonensis by Mazaev (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Worthenia arizonensis Winters p. 35 figs. Pl 2, figs 5a-7
1969Worthenia arizonica Bachman and Meyers
1989Worthenia arizonensis Batten p. 51 figs. Pl 10, figs 6-8
2017Biarmeaspira arizonensis Mazaev p. 231

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusBiarmeaspira
speciesarizonensis()

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.

Biarmeaspira arizonensis Winters 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height45.825.706.005.800.150
shell diameter44.764.505.204.600.379

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2024-02-04 19:53:32
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Wordian or 290.10000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (New Mexico) Worthenia arizonensis (101800)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) Worthenia arizonica (10139)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Worthenia arizonensis (43513 43515 43609 81592 81617 81711 81949 101792)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Worthenia arizonensis (52898 type locality: 95353 120746 120747)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Worthenia arizonensis (43512 81693)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Worthenia arizonensis (81628 81709)