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Laxispira

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Laxispira was named by Gabb (1876) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 790]. Its type is Laxispira lumbricalis.

It was assigned to Vermiculariidae by Sohl (1964); to Vermiculariinae by Dockery (1993); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
L. lumbricalis (type species), L. monilifera, L. trochleata
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. cochleiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Laxispira Gabb pp. 301 - 302
1964Laxispira Sohl p. 360
1993Laxispira Dockery p. 51
2002Laxispira Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyVermiculariinae(Dall 1913)
genusLaxispira

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. †Laxispira Gabb 1876
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†Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1876
†Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
†Laxispira trochleata Böhm 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) L. monilifera (7617)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) L. lumbricalis (6122 6123 6124 6130 6134 6135)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) L. lumbricalis (6660 7456 7457 7458 32139 32140 32141 32142) L. sp. (6656)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) L. lumbricalis (7513)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) L. lumbricalis (6156) L. monilifera (6171 6172) L. sp. (6147)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) L. lumbricalis (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) L. lumbricalis (7515)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) L. monilifera (4282 4309 4337)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) L. monilifera (4238 4240 4241 4248 4249 4250 4251 4252 4253 4255 4259 4260 4283 4284 4285 4330 4331)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) L. lumbricalis (7476 7477 7479 7586 7590 7591 7592 7593) L. monilifera (4101 4103 4104 4105 4109 4110 4111 4113 4118)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany L. trochleata (213668)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) L. monilifera (4202 4208 4211 4216 4217 4219 4220 4224 4225 4226 4228 4230 4232 4234 4235 4237 83225 83237 83238) L. sp. (4200) L. sp., L. monilifera (4201)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) L. monilifera (4414 4435 4440 4441 4444 4447 4491) L. sp. (4436 4467)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland L. cochleiformis (27818 27819 27822 28078)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) L. monilifera (4347 4349 4350 4351 4352 4353 4354 4355)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) L. monilifera (4106 4172) L. sp. (4170)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) L. lumbricalis (205445)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) L. sp. (205541)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) L. lumbricalis (7506 7589 7600)