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Gyronema altispiralis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Gyronema altispiralis was named by Grabau (1922) [Shansiella altispiralis Grabau in Yin 1932 Gyronema ? altispiralis]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 50. Paloukou, Paotehsien, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate shale in the Taiyuan Formation of China. It is the type species of Shansiella.

It was recombined as Shansiella altispiralis by Yin (1932) and Knight et al. (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Gyronema altispiralis Grabau p. 115 figs. pl. 2 f. 2-3
1931Gyronema altispiralis Grabau p. 490
1932Shansiella altispiralis Yin pp. 13 - 15 figs. pl. 2 f. 2-3
1960Shansiella altispiralis Knight et al. p. I212 fig. 124.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
subfamilyGyronematinae
genusGyronema
speciesaltispiralis

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.

Gyronema altispiralis Grabau 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 07:46:53
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:46:53
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Shanxi) Gyronema altispiralis (type locality: 156149)