Worthenia is an extinct genus of sea snail found in the fossil record. This genus is primarily found in rocks formed during the Devonian to Triassic periods (416-200 Ma) from the central areas of North America. Worthenia was named for the paleontologist Amos Henry Worthen, who lived from 1813-1888.[4]
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| Family: | Kues & Batten, 2001 [2]
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| Genus: | †Worthenia de Koninck, 1883[3]
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Worthenia species have a "turban-shaped shell in which a raised ridge follows the margin of the whorls. Small nodes occur along the ridge, and the opening of the shell is oval and large."[5]
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- ^ "Lophospiridae (Family)". BayScience Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ Kues S. & Batten R. L. (2001). "Middle Pennsylvanian gastropods from the Flechado Formation, north-central New Mexico". Journal of Paleontology 75(1, supp): 1-95.
- ^ de Koninck L. G. (1883). "Faune du calcaire carbonifère de la Belgique, 4e partie, Gastéropodes (suite en fin)". Musée Royale d’Historie Naturelle Belgique Annales, Série Paléontoloque 8: 1-240. page 64.
- ^ National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fossils (408)
- ^ "Worthenia." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 04 Nov. 2010.
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