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Bembexia insolita

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria insolita was named by Hall (1876). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hall Locality 67. Hall Locality, Menteth's Point, Canadaigua Lake, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Moscow Formation of New York.

It was recombined as Bembexia insolita by Stauffer (1909) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Pleurotomaria insolita Hall figs. pl. 20 f. 26
1879Pleurotomaria insolita Hall p. 81 figs. pl. 21 f. 17; pl. 30 f. 3
1909Bembexia insolita Stauffer
2023Bembexia insolita Wagner p. 1278

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyEotomariinae
genusBembexia
speciesinsolita()

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.

Bembexia insolita Hall 1876
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Eifelian to the top of the Middle Givetian or 393.30000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Ohio) Pleurotomaria insolita (129948)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2USA (New York) Pleurotomaria insolita (154364)