Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Manzanospira manzanicum

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Phanerotrema manzanicum was named by Girty (1909). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ananias manzanicum by Knight (1945), Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Manzanospira manzanicum by Batten (1989), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Phanerotrema manzanicum Girty p. 96 figs. pl. 11 f. 3-4
1945Ananias manzanicum Knight p. 574
1967Ananias manzanicum Yochelson and Saunders p. 85
1989Manzanospira manzanicum Batten p. 59 figs. Pl 11, figs 8-10
2023Manzanospira manzanicum Wagner p. 5945

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusManzanospira
speciesmanzanicum()

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.

show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height39.065.7014.59.004.45
shell diameter37.214.9011.56.653.42

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:13:29
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Wordian or 283.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (New Mexico) Phanerotrema manzanicum (233342)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Manzanospira manzanicum (81592 101785)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Manzanospira manzanicum (43512 43563 81640 81693 101767)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Manzanospira manzanicum (81694 81695 101867)