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Paupospira

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Paupospira Wagner

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

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. †Paupospira Wagner 1999
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†Paupospira akpatokensis Wilson 1939
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Invalid names: Lophospira grandis Wilson 1938 [replaced]
†Paupospira beatrice Foerste 1914
†Paupospira bowdeni Safford 1869
†Paupospira burginensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Invalid names: Paupospira peracuta Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [synonym]
†Paupospira circe Billings 1857
†Paupospira elevata Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Paupospira manitouliensis Foerste 1924
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Invalid names: Paupospira gamachiana Twenhofel 1928 [synonym]
†Paupospira moorei Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Invalid names: Paupospira gigantea Twenhofel 1928 [synonym]
†Paupospira nuda Perner 1911
†Paupospira oweni Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Invalid names: Lophospira saffordi Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [synonym], Pleurotomaria (Lophospira) spoliata Perner 1907 [synonym]
†Paupospira soluta Koken and Perner 1925
†Paupospira sumnerensis Safford 1869
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Invalid names: Paupospira liosutura Secrist and Evitt 1943 [synonym]
†Paupospira tenuistriata Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Paupospira thebesensis Savage 1913
†Paupospira trilineata Foerste 1923
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Invalid names: Paupospira perneri Longstaff 1924 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Lophospira acutocarinata Twenhofel 1928 [synonym], Lophospira ampla Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [synonym], Paupospira expansa Secrist and Evitt 1943 [synonym], Paupospira perlamellosus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [synonym]
†Paupospira varians Billings 1857
†Paupospira viator Perner 1907
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:13:29
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Caradoc to the top of the Rhuddanian or 458.20000 to 440.50000 Ma

Collections (146 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Czechia Lophospira tropidophora (154463)
Zahorany459.3 - 457.3Czechia Pleurotomaria viator (155333 157346)
Zahorany459.3 - 457.3Czechia (Prague) Lophospira spoliata (52739)
Bohdalec459.3 - 445.2Czechia Lophospira spoliata (3874 238012)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician459.3 - 443.1Czechia Lophospira spoliata (3865)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician459.3 - 443.1Czechia (Vysočina) Pleurotomaria spoliata (52738)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (California) Loxoplocus sumnerensis (69223)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Ohio) Lophospira bowdeni (64422 64423 64424 64425 64476)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Lophospira saffordi (26276)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Kentucky) Lophospira bowdeni (64404 64416 64418 64419 64420)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Georgia) Lophospira bowdeni (32547 32552 32553 32554 32557 32558) Lophospira medialis (32656)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (Alaska) Loxoplocus burginensis (100882)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Lophospira elevata (184970)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) Lophospira oweni, Lophospira saffordi (175724)
Franklinian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2USA (Tennessee) Lophospira bowdeni (5371) Lophospira medialis (5370)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Lophospira ampla (33544 33545 33547)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Lophospira peracuta (100354)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Lophospira peracuta (5331)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Lophospira saffordi, Lophospira peracuta (63816)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira oweni, Lophospira peracuta (23621)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira oweni, Lophospira peracuta (23623 23644)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Lophospira medialis (26192)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Lophospira peracuta (154703)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira oweni, Lophospira peracuta (23622)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lophospira oweni, Lophospira peracuta (23558)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira oweni (23653) Lophospira oweni, Lophospira peracuta (23651) Lophospira oweni, Lophospira sumnerensis, Lophospira elevata, Lophospira medialis (23659) Lophospira oweni, Lophospira sumnerensis, Lophospira medialis (23656) Lophospira sumnerensis, Lophospira elevata, Lophospira medialis (23664 23667 23668 23670)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Loxoplocus burginensis (87822) P. burginensis, P. sumnerensis (100289) P. oweni (77039 101108)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Lophospira oweni (5352) Lophospira saffordi (5357) Lophospira sumnerensis, Lophospira bowdeni, Lophospira saffordi, Lophospira medialis (5361) Lophospira sumnerensis, Lophospira medialis (5356 5358)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lophospira oweni, Lophospira sumnerensis, Lophospira elevata, Lophospira medialis (23584) Lophospira oweni, Lophospira sumnerensis, Lophospira medialis (23579)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Lophospira saffordi (26271 26277)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Minnesota) Lophospira sumnerensis (194137)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Lophospira medialis (194138) Loxoplocus burginensis (34548) Loxoplocus oweni (34560) Loxoplocus saffordi, Loxoplocus burginensis (34547) P. sumnerensis (100288)
Katian452.8 - 445.2USA (Kentucky) P. oweni (100539 100860 101403)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) Lophospira ampla, Lophospira tenuistriata (155415) P. tropidophora, Donaldiella bowdeni (100541)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Lophospira elevata (23588)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira elevata (23678)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) P. perlamellosus (101446)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Lophospira elevata, Lophospira medialis (26293)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Lophospira bowdeni (64421) Lophospira tropidophora (173052) Loxoplocus bowdeni (5394)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Lophospira bowdeni (5390) Lophospira tropidophora, Lophospira bowdeni (5374)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Québec) Lophospira bowdeni (173121)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Lophospira tropidophora (5399) Lophospira tropidophora, Lophospira expansa, Lophospira liosutura, Lophospira medialis (5396)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Michigan) Lophospira tropidophora, Lophospira bowdeni (172804)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Donaldiella sp. (375) Lophospira bowdeni (64403 64417 155402)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (New York) Loxoplocus bowdeni (77104)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Lophospira bowdeni (173138)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan450.1 - 445.2Czechia Lophospira tropidophora, Lophospira nuda (238013)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Lääne) Worthenia soluta (87307)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Lophospira ampla, Schizolopha moorei, Schizolopha sp. (373) Lophospira tropidophora, Lophospira bowdeni, Schizolopha moorei (155711 194134) P. tropidophora, Donaldiella bowdeni (100245) P. tropidophora, P. bowdeni (76913) Schizolopha sp. (374) Schizolopha tropidophora (101552)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) P. sp. (356)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Lophospira bowdeni (173037) Lophospira circe (63625) Lophospira tropidophora (172789) Lophospira varians (63559) P. gigantea (158502)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Québec) Lophospira gamachiana (240895) Lophospira tropidophora (192338) Lophospira tropidophora, Lophospira beatrice (172794 173239) Schizolopha gigantea, Lophospira circe (63728)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) Lophospira bowdeni (64166 64167) Lophospira tropidophora, Lophospira bowdeni, Lophospira ampla (37833)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Lophospira bowdeni (155173 173013 173136) Lophospira manitouliensis (22960) Lophospira trilineata (85109) Lophospira tropidophora (173017 173117 173335) Loxoplocus sp. (22956)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Lophospira grandis (27193 104999)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Lophospira tropidophora, Lophospira bowdeni (5326) Schizolopha tropidophora (27499)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.1USA (Ohio) P. sp. (392)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Ontario) Lophospira tropidophora (26304)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Kentucky) Lophospira bowdeni (37832 64169) Lophospira tropidophora (24034) P. bowdeni (64168)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1USA (Illinois) Lophospira thebesensis (173289)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Québec) Lophospira acutocarinata, Lophospira gamachiana, Schizolopha gigantea, Lophospira circe (63767) Lophospira gamachiana, Schizolopha gigantea (63773)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Canada (Ontario) Lophospira trilineata (85108)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) P. gigantea (167583)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Donaldiella perneri (72412)
Alexandrian443.1 - 438.1USA (Ohio) Hormotoma trilineata (155417 172923)