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Eroicaspira obelisca

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Fusispira) obelisca was named by Whitfield (1886) [Murchisonia (Fusispira?) obelisca]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 227 - Promonotory on west end of Fort Cassin, Lake Champlain., which is in a Cassinian carbonate limestone in the Fort Cassin Formation of Vermont.

It was recombined as Eroicaspira obelisca by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Murchisonia (Fusispira) obelisca Whitfield pp. 317 - 318 figs. pl. 26 f. 5-6
2023Eroicaspira obelisca Wagner p. 5203

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

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.

†Eroicaspira obelisca Whitfield 1886
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Diagnosis
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