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Spirostylus columnaris

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae

Taxonomy
Melania columnaris was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Spirostylus columnaris by Kittl (1894).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. subcolumnaria, S. subulitoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Melania columnaris Münster p. 95 figs. Pl 9, fig 26
1894Spirostylus columnaris Kittl p. 198 figs. Pl 7, figs 8-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familySpirostylidaeCossmann 1909
genusSpirostylus
speciescolumnaris()

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.

†Spirostylus columnaris Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available