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Spirostylus

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae

Taxonomy
Spirostylus was named by Kittl (1894) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-m Tr Nori Sepkoski's reference number: 674,797].

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Spirostylidae by Bouchet et al. (2005) and Nützel and Kaim (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Spirostylus Kittl p. 197
2002Spirostylus Sepkoski
2005Spirostylus Bouchet et al. p. 161
2014Spirostylus Nützel and Kaim p. 419

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familySpirostylidaeCossmann 1909
genusSpirostylus

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. †Spirostylus Kittl 1894
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Spirostylus acus Kittl 1894
Spirostylus acutestriatus Stoppani 1857
Spirostylus agilis Stoppani 1858
Spirostylus beneckei Kittl 1894
Spirostylus brevior Kittl 1894
Spirostylus columnaris Münster 1841
Spirostylus contractus Kittl 1894
Spirostylus linctus Böhm 1895
Spirostylus porrectus Böhm 1895
Spirostylus subcolumnaris Münster 1841
Spirostylus terebra Klipstein 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height426.516.265.721.823.2

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:39:28
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:39:28
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Sevatian or 252.17000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2China (Sichuan) S. sp. (119267)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Jordan (Janoobiah) S. sp. (201986)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Sichuan) S. linctus (119273)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) S. sp. (110244)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) S. subcolumnaria (44248) S. subcolumnaris (31618 31619 31620 31622 31623 31631)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy S. sp., Omphaloptycha lincta, Omphaloptycha porrecta (138255)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy S. retroscalatus (164208)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) S. subcolumnaris (203199 203210) S. subcolumnaris, S. porrectus (203197)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Melania subcolumnaris, Melania columnaris (137429) S. brevior (163815 163816 163817) S. contractus, S. columnaris (144633) S. subcolumnaris (69650 69656 144634) S. subcolumnaris, S. beneckei, S. columnaris, S. acus, S. terebra, S. brevior (144631) S. subcolumnaris, S. brevior (163818)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy (Belluno) S. brevior (207502)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Yunnan) S. beneckei (165418)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6USA (Idaho) S. sp. (38377)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran S. subulitoides (37959)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Peru S. sp. (68096)