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Plethospira

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Plethospira Ulrich and Scofield
1897Seelya Ulrich and Scofield
1900Seelya (Plethospira) Schuchert p. 166
1938Plethospira Wenz p. 129
1960Plethospira Knight et al. p. 295
1960Seelya Knight et al. p. 295
2002Plethospira Sepkoski
2002Seelya Sepkoski
2005Plethospira Bouchet et al. p. 135

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyHormotomidae
genusPlethospira

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. †Plethospira Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Plethospira arenaria Billings 1859
Plethospira caledoniensis Longstaff 1924
Plethospira cannonensis Stauffer 1937
Plethospira cassina Whitfield 1886
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Invalid names: Plethospira subangulata Flower 1968 [synonym]
Plethospira difficilis Whitfield 1890
Plethospira extensa Heller 1954
Plethospira floweri Fortey and Peel 1990
Plethospira rotunda Flower 1968
Invalid names: Seelya Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedo
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).g
Created: 2004-08-16 10:06:19
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:39:12
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Wagner 2023, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Stairsian to the top of the Maysvillian or 483.40000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Ordovician486.85 - 471.3USA (Texas) P. sp. (283 293)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3USA (Texas) P. sp. (56489)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1USA (Montana) P. sp. (275)
Tremadoc - Floian486.4 - 471.3USA (Utah) P. sp. (154882)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (New York) P. subangulata (289)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Vermont) Holopea cassina, Pleurotomaria difficilis (154944)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Missouri) P. arenaria (75549 75550) P. cassina (75552 75561) P. cassina, P. arenaria (75522)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Minnesota) Hormotoma cannonensis (56647) P. cassina (56645)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. cassina (133140)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Montana) P. sp. (287) P. sp. indet. (174361)
Migneintian481.1 - 477.1USA (Missouri) P. extensa (50202)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Australia (Western Australia) Seelya emanuelensis (56626)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Texas) P. rotunda (56486)
Soudleyan458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) Seelya sp. (3301 192387)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) P. caledoniensis (78001 169263)
Chatfieldian - Maysvillian453.8 - 449.6Canada (Nunavut) Seelya ulrlchi (192776)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Seelya sp. (388)