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Cyrtospira wykoffensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtospira wykoffensis was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Cyrtospira wykoffensis Ulrich in Ulrich & Scofield 1897]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Subulites (Cyrtospira) wykoffensis by Rohr (1980); it was recombined as Cyrtolites wykoffensis by Sloan and Webers (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Cyrtospira wykoffensis Ulrich and Scofield
1980Subulites (Cyrtospira) wykoffensis Rohr p. 190
1987Cyrtolites wykoffensis Sloan and Webers
2023Cyrtospira wykoffensis Wagner p. 1206

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

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 wykoffensis 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
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: Wagner 2023, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Maysvillian or 453.80000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Cyrtolites wykoffensis (23659) Cyrtospira wykoffensis, Cyrtolites wykoffensis (23664 23667 23668 23670)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Cyrtospira wykoffensis, Cyrtolites wykoffensis (23584)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Minnesota) Cyrtospira wykoffensis (194137)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Cyrtospira wykoffensis, Cyrtolites wykoffensis (23678)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Cyrtospira wykoffensis, Cyrtolites wykoffensis (23588)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Cyrtolites wykoffensis (23607)