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Worthenia (Yochelsonospira) kuesi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Worthenia (Yochelsonospira) kuesi was named by Karapunar and Nützel (2022). Its type specimen is SNSB-BSPG 2020 LX 1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is OKD-14 Lake Holdenville, which is in a Desmoinesian marine shale in the Wetumka Formation of Oklahoma.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. bicarnata, W. bukowskii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Worthenia (Yochelsonospira) kuesi Karapunar and Nützel p. 61 fig. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusWorthenia()
subgenusYochelsonospira
specieskuesi

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.

†Worthenia (Yochelsonospira) kuesi Karapunar and Nützel 2022
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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: Desmoinesian or 312.80000 to 306.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Worthenia kuesi (type locality: 224950)