Spirina Kayser 1889 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Craspedostomatidae

Full reference: F. H. E. Kayser. 1889. Ueber einige neue oder wenig gekannte Versteinerungen des rheinischen Devon. Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 41:288-296

Parent taxon: Craspedostomatidae according to J. B. Knight et al. 1960

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bucanospirinae, Craspedostomatinae, Temnospira, Umbonellina

Subtaxa: Spirina antiquata Spirina brilonensis Spirina patula Spirina squamata Spirina symmetrica

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Type: Spirina brilonensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal parasite-carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), Morocco (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of the Czech Republic (1)

• Silurian of the Czech Republic (5), Italy (1), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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