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Clisospira

Paragastropoda - Mimospirida - Clisospiridae

Taxonomy
Clisospira was named by Billings (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem O Ashg Sepkoski's reference number: 797]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Clisospirinae.

It was reranked as Mimospira (Clisospira) by Koken and Perner (1925).

It was assigned to Clisospiridae by Miller (1889); to Mimospira by Koken and Perner (1925); to Hyperstrophina by Sepkoski (2002); and to Clisospirinae by Knight et al. (1960), Linsley and Kier (1984), Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Clisospira Billings p. 186 fig. 167
1889Clisospira Miller
1925Mimospira (Clisospira) Koken and Perner p. 317
1960Clisospira Knight et al. p. 296 fig. 193.4
1984Clisospira Linsley and Kier
2002Clisospira Sepkoski
2005Clisospira Bouchet et al. p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classParagastropoda
orderMimospirida
superfamilyClisospiroidea()
familyClisospiridae
subfamilyClisospirinae
genusClisospira

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.

G. †Clisospira Billings 1865
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Clisospira bassleri Raymond 1908
Clisospira borkholmiensis Koken and Perner 1925
Clisospira christianieae Koken and Perner 1925
Clisospira curiosa Billings 1865
Clisospira ingrica Koken 1897
Clisospira niuhsintaiensis Kobayashi 1933
Clisospira reticulata Longstaff 1924
Clisospira rugosa Koken 1897
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Cassinian to the top of the Wenlock or 483.40000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1South Korea (Hwanghae-namdo) C. niuhsintaiensis (39398)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Quebec) C. curiosa (100355)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) C. sp. (104448)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Vermont) C. bassleri (63297)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) C. sp. (80062)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Russian Federation (City of St. Petersburg) C. ingrica (89463)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Sweden C. sp. (2939 2940)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Sweden (Vastergotland) C. sp. (77097 77098)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Sweden (Dalarne) C. sp. (166338)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Sweden C. sp. (2769)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Sweden (Vastergotland) C. sp. (76909 77084)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) C. christianieae (154605)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) C. reticulata (73134)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Tennessee) C. sp. (26802)