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Wellergyi subdecussatus

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria subdecussatus was named by Geinitz (1866). It is not extant. Its type locality is Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Pillsbury Shale Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Wellergyi subdecussatus by Thein and Nitecki (1974), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Pleurotomaria subdecussatus Geinitz pp. 10 - 11 figs. pl. 1 f. 11
1974Wellergyi subdecussatus Thein and Nitecki p. 96
2023Wellergyi subdecussatus Wagner p. 6127

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

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 subdecussatus Geinitz 1866
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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: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Virgilian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Pleurotomaria subdecussatus (type locality: 157668)