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Spiroecus excavata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae

Taxonomy
Katospira (Girvania) excavata was named by Longstaff (1924) [Katospira (Girvania) excavata Longstaff 1924]. It is not extant. Its type locality is Locality 4. Shalloch Mill, Whitehouse Bay, Girvan, which is in a Pusgillian carbonate limestone in the Mill Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Katospira (Girvania).

It was recombined as Spiroecus excavata by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Katospira (Girvania) excavata Longstaff
2023Spiroecus excavata Wagner p. 2067

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyLoxonematidae
subfamilyOmospirinae
genusSpiroecus()
speciesexcavata()

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.

†Spiroecus excavata Longstaff 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:43
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:40:43
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Pusgillian or 449.50000 to 449.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Katospira excavata (type locality: 73133)