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Wellergyi brazerianum

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria brazerianum was named by Girty (1927) [Pleurotomaria brazerianum Girty 1927]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Pleurotomaria brazeriana by Girty (1927) and Merriam (1963); it was recombined as Phymatopleura brazerianum by Girty (1939) and Elias (1958); it was recombined as Wellergyi brazerianum by Thein and Nitecki (1974) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Pleurotomaria brazeriana Girty p. 428 figs. Plate 25, Figures 8-12
1939Phymatopleura brazerianum Girty
1958Phymatopleura brazerianum Elias p. 9
1963Pleurotomaria brazeriana Merriam
1974Wellergyi brazerianum Thein and Nitecki p. 96
2023Wellergyi brazerianum Wagner p. 5956

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
tribeDeseretospirides
genusWellergyi
speciesbrazerianum()

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.

Wellergyi brazerianum Girty 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 17:54:14
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:14
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Serpukhovian or 330.90000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) Phymatopleura brazerianum (5611)