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Girtyspira alvaensis

Gastropoda - Meekospiridae

Taxonomy
Bulimorpha alvaensis was named by Beede (1907). It is a mold. Its type locality is Whitehorse Spring (Kansas coll), which is in a Capitanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal sandstone in the Whitehorse Formation of Oklahoma.

It was recombined as Girtyspira alvaensis by Knight (1940) and Yochelson and Saunders (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Bulimorpha alvaensis Beede p. 169 figs. Pl 8, fig 11
1940Girtyspira alvaensis Knight p. 313 figs. Pl 8, fig 3
1967Girtyspira alvaensis Yochelson and Saunders p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyMeekospiridae
genusGirtyspira
speciesalvaensis()

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.

†Girtyspira alvaensis Beede 1907
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Diagnosis
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