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Colpospira platyspira

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella platyspira was named by Tenison Woods (1879) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Southern Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Colpospira platyspira by Darragh (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Turritella platyspira Tenison Woods p. 234 figs. pl. 20, fig. 13
1970Colpospira platyspira Darragh p. 187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusColpospira(Donald 1900)
speciesplatyspira(Tenison Woods 1879)

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.

Colpospira platyspira Tenison Woods 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available