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Haplospira craigi

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Holopeidae

Taxonomy
Haplospira craigi was named by Rohr et al. (2008). Its type specimen is USNM 534464, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is 2004R-1, south side of logging road, Twin Mountains area, Prince Wales Island, which is in a Ludlow carbonate wackestone in the Heceta Limestone Formation of Alaska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Haplospira craigi Rohr et al. p. 607 fig. 3.15–3.17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyHolopeidae
genusHaplospira
speciescraigi

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Haplospira craigi Rohr et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. M. Rohr et al. 2008Moderately high-spired, rounded, narrowly phaneromphalous gastropod with a weak concave subsutural shoulder; aperture regular, slightly prosocline.

Description.—Rounded, apical angle of 65°, narrowly phaneromphalous shell with a weakly concave shoulder just below deep suture; whorl embraces previous whorl at periphery, whorl uniformly rounded below shoulder; aperture about 20% higher than wide, columellar lip reflexed around narrow umbilicus, outer lip straight and slightly inclined; ornament of faint, prosocline growth lines.