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Longstaffia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Longstaffia Cossmann
1960Longstaffia Knight et al. p. 208
1977Longstaffia Peel
1999Longstaffia Wagner
2002Longstaffia Sepkoski

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

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. †Longstaffia Cossmann 1908
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Invalid names: Longstaffia angulata Pitcher 1939 [synonym], Longstaffia multicarinata Pitcher 1939 [synonym]
Longstaffia complexa Perner 1903
Longstaffia cyclonema Salter 1873
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Invalid names: Longstaffia corpulenta Sollas 1879 [synonym]
Longstaffia grata Perner 1903
Longstaffia groomii Donald 1905
Longstaffia laqueata Lindström 1884
Longstaffia pulchra M'Coy 1844
Longstaffia teretiuscula Perner 1907
Longstaffia tubulosa Lindström 1884
Longstaffia uniformis Cowper Reed 1901
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 Rhuddanian to the top of the Oxfordian or 443.10000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Nova Scotia) L. sp., L. centervillensis (3834)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Ontario) Lophospira pulchra (173218 173222 173223)
Alexandrian443.1 - 438.1USA (Ohio) Lophospira centervillensis (155417)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (New York) Lophospira sp. (443)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6United Kingdom (England) Lophospira pulchra (56397)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6United Kingdom (Wales) Lophospira pulchra (56395)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Pleurotomaria laqueata (3973 3977)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Lophospira cyclonema (23057)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) Pleurotomaria laqueata (13601)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) Pleurotomaria tubulosa (155700)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia (Praha) Worthenia grata (154949)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Czechia Worthenia complexa (144741)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia (Bohemia) Pleurotomaria teretiuscula (104939)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar Pleurotomaria uniformis (98188)