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Liospira aequalis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Raphistoma aequalis was named by Salter (1859) [Raphistoma æqualis Salter 1859]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Liospira aequalis by Longstaff (1924).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. spicula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Raphistoma aequalis Salter
1924Liospira aequalis Longstaff pp. 412 - 413 figs. pl. 32 f. 3-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyLiospirinae
genusLiospira
speciesaequalis(Salter 1859)

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.

†Liospira aequalis Salter 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-03-04 09:58:42
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:28:28
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Burrellian or 456.60000 to 452.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Liospira aequalis (169263)