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Spiraculinella radiata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Spiraculinella radiata was named by Waterhouse (1987). Its type specimen is UQF 74402, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is UQ L4575, Buffel Hill, Cracow Station, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Buffel Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Spiraculinella radiata Waterhouse pp. 178 – 179 figs. pl. 12 f. 5, 7-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
subtribeGlabrocingulides
genusSpiraculinella
speciesradiata

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.

Spiraculinella radiata Waterhouse 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Queensland) Spiraculinella radiata (66207 66208 66209 66210 66213 66214 66215 66217 66218 66219 66234 66248 66256)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Queensland) Spiraculinella radiata (type locality: 66224 66226 66227 66228 66233)