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Modestospira kochiriensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae

Taxonomy
Sinuitopsis kochiriensis was named by Kobayashi (1930). It is not extant. Its type locality is Hyesan (=Keizan-son), which is in a Llandeilo carbonate limestone in the Chikunsan Formation of North Korea.

It was synonymized subjectively with Holmiceras coreanicum by Yun (1999); it was recombined as Modestospira kochiriensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Sinuitopsis kochiriensis Kobayashi
1934Sinuitopsis kochiriensis Kobayashi p. 360 figs. pl. 5 f. 1-4
1959Sinuitopsis kochiriensis Kobayashi p. 393 figs. pl. 24 f. 4a-b
2023Modestospira kochiriensis Wagner p. S2377

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familySinuitidae
subfamilySinuitinae
genusModestospira
specieskochiriensis()

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.

Modestospira kochiriensis Kobayashi 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-20 21:22:50
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:22:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Fennian to the top of the Early/Lower Llandeilo or 470.70000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Fennian470.7 - 468.0Thailand (Palau Taratau Island) Sinuitopsis kochiriensis (56170)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2North Korea Sinuitopsis kochiriensis (type locality: 56174)