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Paupospira circe

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria circe was named by Billings (1857). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Lophospira circe by Twenhofel (1928); it was recombined as Paupospira circe by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Pleurotomaria circe Billings p. 237
1866Pleurotomaria circe Billings p. 17
1928Lophospira circe Twenhofel p. 237
2023Paupospira circe Wagner p. S4931

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusPaupospira
speciescirce()

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.

Paupospira circe Billings 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Richmondian to the top of the Gamachian or 449.60000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Québec) Lophospira circe (63728)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Lophospira circe (63625)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Québec) Lophospira circe (63767)