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Lufengospira

Gastropoda - Bithyniidae

Taxonomy

Lufengospira was named by Yu and Xi (1977). Its type is Lufengospira pyriformis.

It was assigned to Bithyniidae by Yu and Xi (1977).

Species

L. obsoleta, L. pyriformis (type species), L. tulotomoides, L. yonglingensis, L. yunnanensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1977	Lufengospira Yu and Xi p. 126

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Rissooidea	Gray 1847
family	Bithyniidae	Gray 1857
genus	Lufengospira

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.

G. †Lufengospira Yu and Xi 1977

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†Lufengospira obsoleta Yu and Xi 1977

†Lufengospira pyriformis Yu and Xi 1977

†Lufengospira tulotomoides Yu and Xi 1977

†Lufengospira yonglingensis Pan 1977

†Lufengospira yunnanensis Yu and Xi 1977

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	5	5.30	3.85	6.70	5.40	1.07

Composition:

aragonitec

Environment:

freshwaterf

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

grazersuperf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2017-04-17 10:15:22

Modified:

2017-04-17 10:15:22

Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bajocian or 170.30000 to 168.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	China (Yunnan)	L. obsoleta (165476)
Bajocian - Bathonian	170.3 - 166.1	China (Yunnan)	L. obsoleta, L. yonglingensis (165453) L. pyriformis (165477) L. tulotomoides (165480) L. yunnanensis (165479)