Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Synonym: Worthenia multicarinata Assmann 1924 [replaced name]

Full reference: H.-F. Yin and E. L. Yochelson. 1983. Middle Triassic Gastropoda from Qingyan, Guizhou Province, China: 1 - Pleurotomariacea and Murchisoniacea. Journal of Paleontology 57(1):162-187

Belongs to Worthenia (Worthenia) according to H.-F. Yin and E. L. Yochelson 1983

Sister taxa: Worthenia (Worthenia) conica, Worthenia (Worthenia) ecki, Worthenia (Worthenia) esinensis, Worthenia (Worthenia) extensus, Worthenia (Worthenia) ligylirae, Worthenia (Worthenia) tuberculifera, Worthenia (Worthenia) xui

Type specimens:

• Worthenia (Worthenia) zardinii: Its type locality is Yinshanpo KC261, Qingyan, which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian marine shale/marl in the Qingyan Formation of China
• Worthenia multicarinata:

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell width 14.0