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Liospira micula

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria micula was named by Hall and Whitney (1862). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Liospira micula by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Foerste (1923), Foerste (1924), Troedsson (1928), Knight (1941), Wilson (1951), Wagner (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. spicula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Pleurotomaria micula Hall p. 55 figs. f. 1
1862Pleurotomaria micula Hall and Whitney p. 55 fig. 1
1897Liospira micula Ulrich and Scofield pp. 994 - 995 figs. pl. 68 f. 24-29
1923Liospira micula Foerste p. 56
1924Liospira micula Foerste pp. 208 - 209 figs. pl. 34 f. 10a-c; pl 36 f. 2a-b
1928Liospira micula Troedsson pp. 16 - 17
1941Liospira micula Knight
1951Liospira micula Wilson pp. 50 - 51 figs. pl. 9 f. 1-2; text f. 3.1
1999Liospira micula Wagner
2023Liospira micula Wagner p. 1613

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

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 micula Hall and Whitney 1862
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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Richmondian or 457.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) Liospira micula (175724)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Liospira micula (63816)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Liospira micula (77039 154460 155385)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Liospira micula (26272)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Liospira micula (194138)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Liospira micula (26269 26270 26271 26277)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Kentucky) Liospira micula (100246)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) Liospira micula (369 155415)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Liospira micula (23680)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Liospira micula (23597)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Liospira micula (26293)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Liospira micula (23682)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Liospira micula (23603)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Liospira micula (26302)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Liospira micula (23607)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Liospira micula (23684)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Liospira micula (13261 13262)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Liospira micula (155402)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Alaska) Liospira decipens (49346)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Liospira micula (173280)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Québec) Liospira micula (192338)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Liospira micula (353 26313 26314)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana) Liospira micula (64230)