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Propupaspira

Gastropoda - Propupaspiridae

Taxonomy
Propupaspira was named by Pan and Erwin (2002). It is not extant. Its type is Propupaspira eleganta. It is the type genus of Propupaspiridae.

It was assigned to Soleniscidae by Pan and Erwin (2002); and to Propupaspiridae by Nützel et al. (2002).

Species
P. eleganta (type species)
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2005-11-29; modified by P. Wagner on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Propupaspira Nützel et al. p. 4
2002Propupaspira Pan and Erwin p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Cerithiimorpha(Golikov and Starobogatov 1975)
familyPropupaspiridae
genusPropupaspira

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. †Propupaspira Pan and Erwin 2002
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Propupaspira eleganta Pan and Erwin 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height21.200.9601.501.230.382

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: grazersubo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:18:02
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:18:02
Source: subo = suborder, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Yunnan) P. eleganta (56943)