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Peruvispira vipersdorfensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Peruvispira vipersdorfensis was named by Dickins (1961). Its type specimen is No. 7081, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Farm Vipersdorf 63, Gibeon District, Mariental, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Dwyka Formation of Namibia.

It was recombined as Pleurocinctosa vipersdorfensis by Waterhouse (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Peruvispira vipersdorfensis Dickins pp. 145 – 146 figs. pl. 18 f. 7-11
1987Pleurocinctosa vipersdorfensis Waterhouse p. 183

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyCoelozoninae
genusPeruvispira
speciesvipersdorfensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height48.498.009.008.500.577

Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:14
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Namibia Peruvispira vipersdorfensis (41325 type locality: 41326)