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Lophospira spironema

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Lophospira spironema was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Lophospira spironema Ulrich and Scofield
1900Lophospira spironema Schuchert p. 165
2023Lophospira spironema Wagner p. 1691

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusLophospira
speciesspironema

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.

Lophospira spironema Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: herbivoreg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-10-20 02:00:22
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:50:23
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Edenian or 453.80000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lophospira spironema (154413)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira spironema (23651 23653 23656 23659)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lophospira spironema (23579 23584)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Lophospira spironema (24116)