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Wellergyi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Wellergyi was named by Thein and Nitecki (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise C Pn Sepkoski's reference number: 797]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychomphalides by Thein and Nitecki (1974); to Deseretospirides by Gordon and Yochelson (1987); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Wellergyi Thein and Nitecki
1987Wellergyi Gordon and Yochelson p. 56
2002Wellergyi Sepkoski

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

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.

G. †Wellergyi Thein and Nitecki 1974
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Wellergyi brazerianum Girty 1927
Wellergyi chesterensis Thein and Nitecki 1974
Wellergyi dunlopi Thomas 1940
Wellergyi subdecussatus Geinitz 1866
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: base of the Pendleian to the top of the Virgilian or 330.90000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Kentucky) W. chesterensis (59823)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Worthenia dunlopi (92588)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) Phymatopleura brazerianum (5611)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Worthenia dunlopi (155621)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Pleurotomaria subdecussatus (157668)