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Cyrtospira tortilis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtospira tortilis was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Ulrich in Ulrich & Scofield 1897]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Murfreesboro, which is in an Ashbyan shallow subtidal wackestone/packstone in the Murfreesboro Limestone Formation of Tennessee. It is the type species of Cyrtospira.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Cyrtospira tortilis Ulrich and Scofield p. 1074 figs. pl. 81 f. 24-25
1951Cyrtospira tortilis Wilson p. 90
2023Cyrtospira tortilis Wagner p. 1205

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilySubulitoidea(Lindström 1884)
familySubulitidae
genusCyrtospira
speciestortilis

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†Cyrtospira tortilis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
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