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Spiratella

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Spiratellidae

Taxonomy

Spiratella was named by Blainville (1817).

It was assigned to Spiratellidae by Eames (1952).

Species

S. pseudopygmaea

Species lacking formal opinion data

S. advenulata, S. augustana, S. limata, S. mercinensis, S. microstralis, S. taylori, S. umbilicata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1817	Spiratella Blainville
1952	Spiratella Eames p. 150

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
order	Heterostropha	()
infraclass	Euthyneura	(Spengel 1881)
—	Tectipleura	Schrödl et al. 2011
—	Euopisthobranchia	Jörger et al. 2010
order	Pteropoda	Cuvier 1804
suborder	Euthecosomata
family	Spiratellidae	Dall 1921
genus	Spiratella	Blainville 1817

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. †Spiratella Blainville 1817

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†Spiratella pseudopygmaea Eames 1952

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

epifaunalc

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2004-02-29 11:40:59

Modified:

2010-02-11 01:35:02

Source: c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Langhian or 59.24000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	Australia (Victoria)	S. advenulata (6266 6267)
Waipawan	56.0 - 52.0	New Zealand (Chatham Islands)	S. sp. B, S. sp. C (51085)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Pakistan	S. pseudopygmaea (183829)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	New Zealand	S. limata, S. sp. B (51082)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom (England)	S. mercinensis (8025) S. taylori (3260) S. taylori, S. mercinensis (76601)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.03	USA (Alabama)	S. augustana (98299)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Netherlands	S. umbilicata (87249)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	France	S. microstralis (74861)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Azerbaijan	S. sp. (116631 116636)