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Lophospira superba

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Lophospira superba was named by Butts (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 0.5 miles east of Odenville, which is in a Chazyan offshore ramp carbonate in the Lenoir Formation of Tennessee.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Lophospira superba Butts p. 102 figs. pl. 19 f. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusLophospira
speciessuperba

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.

Lophospira superba Butts 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: herbivoreg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-10-20 02:00:22
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:50:23
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Chazyan or 470.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Tennessee) Lophospira superba (type locality: 167928)