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Protoconchioides virginica

Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Protoconchoididae

Taxonomy
Scenella virginica was named by Resser (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 23j. 1 mile northeast of Austinville, Max Meadows Quadrangle , which is in a Delamaran carbonate dolomite in the Shady Formation of Virginia.

It was recombined as Scenella (Protoconchioides) virginica by Shaw (1962); it was recombined as Protoconchioides virginica by Geyer (1994) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Scenella virginica Resser
1962Scenella (Protoconchioides) virginica Shaw p. 331 figs. pl. 50 f. 22-24
1994Protoconchioides virginica Geyer p. 81
2023Protoconchioides virginica Wagner p. 6078

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classTergomya
orderTryblidiida()
suborderHypseloconina
familyProtoconchoididae
genusProtoconchioides()
speciesvirginica()

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. B. Shaw 1962Shell near average size for the subgenus, oval in vertical view. Apex subcentral. Ornamented with radial and faint, fine concentric lirae.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-21 11:50:45
Modified: 2009-04-21 13:50:45
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Virginia) Scenella virginica (219911)