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Eirlysia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Taxonomy
Eirlysia was named by Batten (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: P Asse P Djhu Sepkoski's reference number: 109,797]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Eotomariides by Knight et al. (1960); to Glabrocingulides by Gordon and Yochelson (1987); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phymatopleuridae by Mazaev (2015), Karapunar and Nützel (2022).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Eirlysia Batten
1960Eirlysia Knight et al. p. 206
1987Eirlysia Gordon and Yochelson p. 57
2002Eirlysia Sepkoski
2015Eirlysia Mazaev p. 891
2022Eirlysia Karapunar and Nützel p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyPhymatopleuridae
genusEirlysia

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. †Eirlysia Batten 1956
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Eirlysia ceramicorum Peel 2016
Eirlysia exquisita Batten 1956
Eirlysia globosa Mazaev 2015
Eirlysia lata Mazaev 2015
Eirlysia lens Mazaev 2015
Eirlysia modesta Waterhouse 1986
Eirlysia nodata Mazaev 2015
Eirlysia nodosa Batten 1958
Eirlysia reticulata Batten 1958
Eirlysia robusta Branson 1930
Eirlysia scalare Mazaev 2015
Eirlysia seminuda Mazaev 2015
Eirlysia spiralis Dietz 1911
Eirlysia undata Mazaev 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height429.384.2031.99.306.33
shell diameter4213.07.1125.512.26.23

Composition: aragonitef
Ribbing: minorf
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedsuperf
Created: 2025-08-08 09:10:40
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:13:10
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Alportian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 322.80000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Texas) E. reticulata (79966)
Alportian322.8 - 321.8United Kingdom (England) E. ceramicorum (182841)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) E. lata (220899) E. reticulata (202158) E. reticulata, E. nodata, E. lata, E. reticulatiformis (202159)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) E. exquisita (43517 75883) E. exquisita, E. reticulata (43491 75884) E. reticulata (43513 43515 43562 81949)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) E. exquisita, E. reticulata (43512) E. exquisita, E. reticulata, E. nodosa (81693) E. nodosa (43551) E. reticulata (43563)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation (Kirov) E. globosa (174714) E. lens, E. undata, E. globosa, E. nodata, E. scalare, E. seminuda, E. lata (126334) E. lens, E. undata, E. nodata, E. scalare, E. seminuda, E. lata (126333) E. undata (174701) E. undata, E. globosa, E. nodata, E. scalare, E. seminuda, E. lata (170190) E. undata, E. globosa, E. scalare, E. lata (170189) E. undata, E. nodata (126335)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation (Tatarstan) E. nodata (174710) E. scalare (174713) E. undata, E. globosa, E. nodata (174706) E. undata, E. nodata (174709) E. undata, E. scalare (174705)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Wyoming) E. reticulata (61938)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation (Samara) E. undata, E. nodata (170192)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation E. nodata (198772)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) E. reticulata (43550)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28New Zealand (Southland) E. sp. (41767)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany Pleurotomaria spiralis (208941)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Jiangxi) E. sp. (94990)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902USA (Wyoming) Pleurotomaria robusta (87153 236337)