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Cyrtospira tortilis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtospira tortilis was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Ulrich in Ulrich & Scofield 1897]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Murfreesboro, which is in an Ashbyan shallow subtidal wackestone/packstone in the Murfreesboro Limestone Formation of Tennessee. It is the type species of Cyrtospira.

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2004-08-09; modified by P. Wagner on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Cyrtospira tortilis Ulrich and Scofield p. 1074 figs. pl. 81 f. 24-25
1951Cyrtospira tortilis Wilson p. 90
2023Cyrtospira tortilis Wagner p. 1205

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilySubulitoidea(Lindström 1884)
familySubulitidae
genusCyrtospira
speciestortilis

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.

Cyrtospira tortilis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:31:49
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:31:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: Ashbyan or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Cyrtospira tortilis (type locality: 5327)