Worthenia
Extinct genus of gastropods
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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 to 1888.[2]
| Worthenia Temporal range: | |
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| Worthenia cf. tabulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | †Lophospiridae |
| Genus: | †Worthenia de Koninck, 1883[1] |
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."[3]
