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Orospira bigranosa

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae

Taxonomy
Orospira bigranosa was named by Butts (1926). Its type specimen is USNM 71453, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Orospira.

It was recombined as Lophonema bigranosa by Morris and Cleevely (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Orospira bigranosa Butts p. 102 figs. pl. 17
1981Lophonema bigranosa Morris and Cleevely p. 208
1999Orospira bigranosa Wagner p. 72
2023Orospira bigranosa Wagner p. 975

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyRaphistomatoidea
familyRaphistomatidae()
genusOrospira
speciesbigranosa

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.

Orospira bigranosa Butts 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:01:45
Modified: 2009-03-04 12:01:45
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Cassinian or 483.40000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Missouri) Orospira bigranosa (56510 56513 56515)