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Rinaldoella muensteri

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae

Taxonomy

Pleurotomaria muensteri was named by Klipstein (1843). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Klipstein BMNH coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Worthenia muensteri by Kittl (1891); it was recombined as Worthenia munsteri by Chorowicz and Termier (1975); it was recombined as Rinaldoella muensteri by Bandel (2009).

Synonyms

Worthenia turriculata was named by Kittl (1891). Its type specimen is NHMW 1899/VI/9 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Seelandalpe (Wiener Hofsmuseums coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was synonymized subjectively with Worthenia munsteri by Chorowicz and Termier (1975).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1843	Pleurotomaria muensteri Klipstein p. 166 figs. Pl 10, figs 25,26
1891	Worthenia muensteri Kittl p. 186 figs. Pl 2, figs 20,21
1891	Worthenia turriculata Kittl p. 197 figs. Pl 2, fig 31
1975	Worthenia munsteri Chorowicz and Termier p. 237 figs. Pl 21, figs 3,4
2009	Rinaldoella muensteri Bandel p. 18

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Orthogastropoda
order	Murchisoniina
superfamily	Eotomarioidea
family	Wortheniellidae
genus	Rinaldoella
species	muensteri	()

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.

†Rinaldoella muensteri Klipstein 1843

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Invalid names: Worthenia turriculata Kittl 1891 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	19.5	18.5	20.6	19.6	1.48

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 Fassanian to the top of the Julian or 242.00000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Fassanian	242.0 - 235.0	Croatia	Worthenia munsteri (174766)
Julian	235.0 - 232.0	Italy	Pleurotomaria muensteri (145649) Worthenia muensteri (34692 69661 69670) Worthenia muensteri, Worthenia turriculata (144631 144633)