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Antispira praecox

Paragastropoda - Mimospirida - Onychochilidae

Taxonomy
Antispira praecox was named by Perner (1903). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trubská near Beroun, Prague Basin, which is in a Berounian carbonate limestone in the Letná Formation of the Czech Republic. It is the type species of Antispira.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Antispira praecox Perner figs. pl. 52 f. 19-20
1941Antispira praecox Knight p. 41 figs. Plate 53, figures 2a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classParagastropoda
orderMimospirida
superfamilyClisospiroidea()
familyOnychochilidae
genusAntispira
speciespraecox

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.

Antispira praecox Perner 1903
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Knight 1941Sinitstral gastropods without sinus, slit, or selenizone, of subglobular form and large body whorl with latticelike ornamentation; whorl profile rounded; sutures deep; base seemingly rounded, phaneromphalous; the umbilicus bordered by a sharp ridge; nucleus unknown; columellar and parietal lips unknown; outer lip oblique backwards from the upper suture; ornamentation, elevated transverse and revolving costae, the latter proceeding obliquely forward from the upper suture in a direction normal to the transverse costae; shell unknown. The holotype seemingly measures about 15 mm. in height and width.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Berounian to the top of the Harnagian or 457.90000 to 457.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Letna - Harnagian460.9 - 457.2Czech Republic Antispira praecox (3861)
Berounian457.9 - 449.8Czech Republic Antispira praecox (type locality: 155175)