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Meekospiridae
Taxonomy
Meekospiridae was named by Knight (1936). It is not extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Meekospirinae by Bouchet et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Subulitacea by Knight et al. (1960), Ponder and Warén (1988) and Nützel et al. (2000); to Acteoninidae by Bouchet et al. (2005); to Soleniscoidea by Nützel and Ketwetsuriya (2016); and to Caenogastropoda by Nützel and Pan (2005) and Wagner (2023).
It was reranked as the subfamily Meekospirinae by Bouchet et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Subulitacea by Knight et al. (1960), Ponder and Warén (1988) and Nützel et al. (2000); to Acteoninidae by Bouchet et al. (2005); to Soleniscoidea by Nützel and Ketwetsuriya (2016); and to Caenogastropoda by Nützel and Pan (2005) and Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1936 | Meekospiridae Knight |
| 1960 | Meekospiridae Knight et al. p. 321 |
| 1988 | Meekospiridae Ponder and Warén p. 293 |
| 2000 | Meekospiridae Nützel et al. |
| 2005 | Meekospirinae Bouchet et al. p. 247 |
| 2005 | Meekospiridae Nützel and Pan p. 1181 |
| 2016 | Meekospiridae Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 506 |
| 2023 | Meekospiridae Wagner |
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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.
Fm. †Meekospiridae Knight 1936
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G. †Auriptygma Perner 1903
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†Auriptygma bulimina Lindström 1884
†Auriptygma dunkeri Holzapfel 1882
†Auriptygma fenestrata Lindström 1884
†Auriptygma khairliense Reed 1944
†Auriptygma minuta Frýda and Manda 1997
Invalid names: Chuchlina Frýda and Manda 1997 [synonym]
G. †Cambodgia Mansuy 1914
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†Cambodgia acuminata Nützel and Ketwetsuriya 2016
†Cambodgia sinistrorsa Mansuy 1914
G. †Ceraunocochlis Knight 1931
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†Ceraunocochlis australis Yoo 1994
†Ceraunocochlis blatta Knight 1931
†Ceraunocochlis deformis Erwin 1988
†Ceraunocochlis elongata Erwin 1988
†Ceraunocochlis fulminula Knight 1931
†Ceraunocochlis gracilis Mansuy 1914
†Ceraunocochlis kidderi Erwin 1988
†Ceraunocochlis polyphemoides de Koninck 1881
†Ceraunocochlis subulata Hoare et al. 1997
†Ceraunocochlis tenuis Yoo 1994
†Ceraunocochlis trekensis Erwin 1988
G. †Girtyspira Knight 1936
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†Girtyspira alvaensis Beede 1907
†Girtyspira canaliculata Hall 1856
†Girtyspira delicata Pan and Erwin 2002
†Girtyspira fusiformis de Koninck 1881
†Girtyspira germanica Herholz 1992
†Girtyspira inflata Yoo 1994
†Girtyspira lineata Delpey 1941
†Girtyspira mediocris Delpey 1942
†Girtyspira micra Xi 1980
†Girtyspira microspirula Jeffery et al. 1994
†Girtyspira minuta Stevens 1858
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Invalid names: Bulimorpha meeki Sayre 1930 [synonym], Bulimorpha turnerensis Sayre 1930 [synonym], Macrochilina danvillensis Girty 1915 [synonym]
†Girtyspira oblonga Mazaev 2019
†Girtyspira pygmaea Weller 1916
†Girtyspira yodai Erwin 1988
G. †Heterosubulites Bandel 2002
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†Heterosubulites fusiformis Nützel and Nakazawa 2012
†Heterosubulites longusapertura Ketwetsuriya et al. 2020
G. †Meekospira Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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†Meekospira acrolopha Peel 2016
†Meekospira bambooformis Thein and Nitecki 1974
†Meekospira batteni Thein and Nitecki 1974
†Meekospira baytuganensis Mazaev 2018
†Meekospira choctawensis Girty 1912
†Meekospira delgada Kues and Batten 2001
†Meekospira evansvillensis Thein and Nitecki 1974
†Meekospira knighti Winters 1963
†Meekospira ligoni Batten 1985
†Meekospira louisvillae Hall and Whitfield 1872
†Meekospira mansuyi Delpey 1941
†Meekospira melanoides Batten 1985
†Meekospira mimiae Erwin 1988
†Meekospira minuta Weller 1916
†Meekospira mississippiensis Thein and Nitecki 1974
†Meekospira peracuta Meek and Worthen 1860
†Meekospira solenisciforma Nützel and Pan 2005
†Meekospira sulcata Batten 1964
†Meekospira symmetrica King 1844
G. †Ninglangella Pan and Erwin 2002
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†Ninglangella ninglangensis Pan and Erwin 2002
†Ninglangella samarensis Mazaev 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Changhsingian or 433.40000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (266 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sheinwoodian | Sweden (Gotland) | Macrochilina fenestrata (154965) | |
| Gorstian | Sweden (Gotland) | Machrochilina bulimina (13603) | |
| Gorstian | Czech Republic (Hlavni města Praha) | Auriptygma consepultum (104940) | |
| Gorstian | Czech Republic (Praha) | Auriptygma fortior (154949) | |
| Lochkovian | Czech Republic (Praha) | Auriptygma fortior (155824) Chuchlina minuta (56216) | |
| Pragian | Czech Republic (Praha) | Chuchlina minuta (56701) | |
| Eifelian | USA (Nevada) | Oxyspira murphyi (3827 44141) | |
| Givetian | China (Guangxi) | Meekospira sp. (45617) | |
| Tournaisian | Australia (New South Wales) | Ceraunocochlis australis (43950) Ceraunocochlis australis, Ceraunocochlis tenuis, Girtyspira inflata (44088) Girtyspira inflata (43904) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Oklahoma) | Girtyspira sp. (172) Meekospira sp. (117) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Missouri) | Meekospira sp. (115) | |
| Meramecian | USA (Indiana) | Bulimorpha canaliculata (129910 129930) | |
| Meramecian | USA (Virginia) | Meekospira sp. (6999) | |
| Brigantian | USA (Alabama) | Meekospira sp. (6764 6766 6769) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (England) | Macrochilina polyphemoides (67670) Meekospira peracuta, Ceraunocochlis polyphemoides, Girtyspira fusiformis (57131) | |
| Chesterian | USA (Illinois) | Meekospira bambooformis, Meekospira batteni, Meekospira evansvillensis, Girtyspira canaliculata (59826) Meekospira bambooformis, Meekospira evansvillensis (58998) Meekospira minuta, Bulimorpha pygmaea (68188) | |
| Chesterian | USA (Kentucky) | Meekospira evansvillensis, Meekospira minuta, Meekospira mississippiensis (59823) | |
| Pendleian | USA (Nevada) | Meekospira sp. (5528) | |
| Late/Upper Mississippian | USA (Alaska) | Meekospira sp. (112183) | |
| Serpukhovian | USA (Oklahoma) | Auriptygma sp. A (5611) | |
| Serpukhovian | USA (Arkansas) | Meekospira minuta (69285) Meekospira minuta, Girtyspira microspirula (5517) | |
| Arnsbergian | China (Ningxia) | Meekospira peracuta (671) | |
| Arnsbergian | USA (Wyoming) | Girtyspira sp. A (69459) | |
| Chokierian | United Kingdom (England) | Meekospira acrolopha (182900 182903) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Wyoming) | Meekospira sp., Girtyspira sp. (5724) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Arizona) | Meekospira sp. (42800) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Colorado) | Meekospira sp. (42822) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Texas) | Meekospira peracuta, Girtyspira minuta (79966) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Kentucky) | Polyphemopsis peracuta (158165) | |
| Bashkirian - Moscovian | Peru (Piura) | Meekospira sp. (41390 41391) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Utah) | Girtyspira sp. (12780) | |
| Alportian | United Kingdom (England) | Meekospira acrolopha (182841 182844 182845) | |
| Westphalian | USA (Kentucky) | Meekospira sp. (52864) | |
| Westphalian B | Germany | Bulimorpha germanica (50127) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Missouri) | Meekospira peracuta, Ceraunocochlis blatta, Ceraunocochlis fulminula, Actaeonina minuta (69773) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Oklahoma) | Meekospira choctawensis (90784) | |
| Kashirian - Myachkovian | USA (New Mexico) | Girtyspira sp., Meekospira peracuta, Ceraunocochlis fulminula (46548) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Oklahoma) | Girtyspira sp., Meekospira peracuta (8632 8633 8636 8637 8638 8639 8640 8642 8645 8646 8649) Meekospira choctawensis (90781 90782 90783 90785 90787) Meekospira peracuta (8634 8635 8641 8643 8644 8647 8648) Meekospira sp. (111 112) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (New Mexico) | Meekospira peracuta, Meekospira delgada, Ceraunocochlis fulminula, Girtyspira minuta, Meekospira choctawensis (46536) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Ohio) | Girtyspira minuta (64886 64888 64909 64932) Meekospira peracuta (64883 64887 64889 64892 64895 64898 64899 64900 64904 64906 64912 64914 64917 64919 64921 64927 64929 64942 64948) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Illinois) | Meekospira sp. (73) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Missouri) | Meekospira peracuta (69770 70272 70482) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Kansas) | Meekospira sp. (107 922 998) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Texas) | Actaeonina minuta, Meekospira choctawensis (11100) | |
| Kasimovian | Japan (Gifu) | Girtyspira sp. (217899) | |
| Kasimovian | USA (Texas) | Meekospira choctawensis (128580) | |
| Missourian | USA (Maryland) | Meekospira percuta, Girtyspira minuta (118828) | |
| Missourian | USA (Texas) | Meekospira peracuta (159900 159901) Meekospira sp. (217916 217917) | |
| Missourian | USA (Oklahoma) | Meekospira sp. (155) | |
| Missourian | USA (Ohio) | Bulimorpha minuta (69721) | |
| Missourian | USA (Missouri) | Bulimorpha minuta (157612) | |
| Virgilian | USA (New Mexico) | Girtyspira minuta (146828 156695 156709 156715) Meekospira indet. (10005) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Texas) | Meekospira percuta (217891 217893 217894 217895 217897 217901 217905 217906 217908 217913 217927 217932 217941 217947 217958 217960 217969 217977 217979 217986 217992 218002 218024 218029 218054 219193) Meekospira percuta, Meekospira sp. (217915) Meekospira sp. (50197) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Maryland) | Meekospira percuta, Girtyspira minuta (118827) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Illinois) | Meekospira sp. (50219) | |
| Asselian | Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) | Girtyspira oblonga (202159) | |
| Sakmarian | Russian Federation | Nemdaella usensis (217206) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Nevada) | Meekospira sp. (10653 66102 120946) Meekospira spp. (39157) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Ceraunocochlis kidderi (101772) Ceraunocochlis trekensis, Meekospira mimiae (101773) | |
| Artinskian | USA (New Mexico) | Ceraunocochlis kidderi (101795) Ceraunocochlis kidderi, Meekospira mimiae (101797) Meekospira mimiae (101770) | |
| Leonardian | USA (Utah) | Meekospira sp., Girtyspira sp. (11272) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Ceraunocochlis elongata (43491) Girtyspira yodai, Ceraunocochlis deformis (43609) Meekospira mimiae (75923) | |
| Kungurian | Malaysia (Perak) | Ceraunocochlis sp., Meekospira melanoides, Meekospira ligoni (62131) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Arizona) | Meekospira knighti (52898 95353 120746 120747) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Nevada) | Meekospira sp. (10399 10421 10423 10425 10428 10429 10430 10431 10443 10444 10447 10448 10449 10450 10451 10452 10472 10647 10649 38751 38753 38756 38759 38774 38775 38827 38828 66101) | |
| Kungurian | Venezuela (Merida) | Meekospira sp. (41514 41516 41517) | |
| Roadian | Thailand | Girtyspira sp., Heterosubulites longusapertura (103565) | |
| Roadian | Iran | Meekospira sp. (112884) | |
| Roadian | Russian Federation (Kirov) | Meekospira symmetrica, Nemdaella leonovae (126333 126334 170190) Nemdaella leonovae (126335 170189) | |
| Roadian | Russian Federation | Meekospira baytuganensis (198772) | |
| Roadian | Russian Federation (Tatarstan) | Meekospira symmetrica (174705 174706) | |
| Roadian | USA (Arizona) | Girtyspira sp., Meekospira sulcata (94884) Meekospira sp. 1, Meekospira sp. 2, Girtyspira sp. (39999) Meekospira sulcata (101777 101779) | |
| Roadian | Russian Federation (Samara) | Ninglangella samarensis (170192) | |
| Roadian | USA (Texas) | Ceraunocochlis elongata, Ceraunocochlis deformis (43512) | |
| Wordian | Thailand | Ceraunocochlis sp., Cambodgia acuminata (181783) Meekospira sp., Cambodgia sinistrorsa (167687) | |
| Wordian | Pakistan | Soleniscus symmetricus (125843) | |
| Wordian | Thailand (Ratchaburi) | Meekospira sp. 1, Meekospira sp. 2 (40954) | |
| Wordian | USA (Texas) | Meekospira sp. (43550) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | Tunisia (Madanin) | Meekospira sp. (42092 42095) | |
| Capitanian | Japan | Ceraunocochlis sp., Heterosubulites fusiformis (109667) | |
| Capitanian | Cambodia | Cambodgia sinistrorsa (107283) Cambodgia sinistrorsa, Subulites mansuyi, Pseudomelania gracilis, Oonia mediocris, Oonia lineata (107282) Meekospira sp. (40947) Oonia mediocris (107280) Pseudomelania gracilis (107274) Pseudomelania gracilis, Oonia mediocris (107276) Subulites mansuyi, Oonia lineata (107279) | |
| Capitanian | Malaysia | Meekospira sp. (42734) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Oklahoma) | Bulimorpha alvaensis (136219) Girtyspira alvaensis (116653) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guizhou) | Girtyspira micra (112106) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Pakistan | Auriptygma khairliense (126698) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (England) | Macrocheilus symmetricus (130765 130766) Meekospira symmetrica (24085 109718) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guangxi) | Meekospira sp. (50023 50025 50027 56893) | |
| Wuchiapingian | USA (Wyoming) | Ceraunocochlis sp. (61936) Meekospira sp. (61951) | |
| Wuchiapingian | USA (Utah) | Meekospira sp. (11234) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom | Eulima symmetrica (130871 130872) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Greece | Meekospira sp., Girtyspira sp. (64172 64173 64174 64175 64176) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guizhou) | Girtyspira micra (112096) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Yunnan) | Ninglangella ninglangensis (56943) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guangxi) | Ceraunocochlis sp. (120146) Meekospira sp. (50024 56891) Meekospira sp., Girtyspira delicata, Gastropoda indeterminate D (56895) |