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Gyrospira tourteloti

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Gyrospira tourteloti was named by Boucot (1956). It is not extant. Its type locality is USGS 3137. Chacorillo farm, ~6 km north of Kilometer 65 of Potosi-Sucre Rd, which is in a Caradoc/Katian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Anzaldo Formation of Bolivia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Gyrospira tourteloti Boucot
1960Gyrospira tourteloti Knight et al. p. 180 figs. f. 98.4
2023Gyrospira tourteloti Wagner p. 5062

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPterothecidae
subfamilyCarinaropsinae()
genusGyrospira
speciestourteloti

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.

Gyrospira tourteloti Boucot 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 09:54:15
Modified: 2009-03-04 11:54:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Caradoc to the top of the Katian or 458.20000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc - Katian458.2 - 445.2Bolivia (General de Saavedra) Gyrospira tourteloti (type locality: 9102)