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Cyrtospira directus

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Taxonomy
Subulites directus was named by Foerste (1893). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Cyrtospira directus by Wagner (2023).

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-03-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Subulites directus Foerste pp. 554 - 555 figs. pl. 37a f. 5a-b
1897Subulites directus Ulrich and Scofield p. 1070
2023Cyrtospira directus Wagner p. 1236

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

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 directus Foerste 1893
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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
Environment: coastal, marineo
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: Alexandrian or 443.10000 to 438.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alexandrian443.1 - 438.1USA (Ohio) Subulites directus (155567 172895)