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Retispira crucilirata

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Stachella crucilirata was named by Dickins (1963). Its type specimen is CPC 3972, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is BMR PB9, Becketts Gully, Irwin River Area, which is in a Sakmarian shallow subtidal limestone in the Fossil Cliff Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Retispira crucilirata by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Stachella crucilirata Dickins p. 116 figs. Pl 20, figs 1-13
2023Retispira crucilirata Wagner p. S2475

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyKnightitinae
genusRetispira
speciescrucilirata()

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.

Retispira crucilirata Dickins 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height39.708.0012.09.502.02

Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 14:40:27
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:14
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Stachella crucilirata (84591 85021 type locality: 85847 101207)