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Umbospira nigricans

Gastropoda - Sinuopeidae

Taxonomy
Umbospira nigricans was named by Perner (1903) [Umbospira nigricans 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 is the type species of Umbospira.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Umbospira nigricans Perner
1907Umbospira nigricans Perner pp. 257 - 258
1911Umbospira nigricans Perner figs. pl. 242 f. 1-4
1977Umbospira nigricans Peel p. 22
2023Umbospira nigricans Wagner p. 1186

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
familySinuopeidae
subfamilyPlatyschismatinae
genusUmbospira
speciesnigricans

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.

†Umbospira nigricans Perner 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 19:15:22
Modified: 2009-06-11 21:15:22
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ludfordian or 425.00000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7China (Yunnan) Umbospira nigricans (56660)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czech Republic (Bohemia) Umbospira nigricans (type locality: 104939)