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Spirostylus brevior

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae

Taxonomy
Spirostylus subcolumnaris brevior was named by Kittl (1894). Its type specimen is NHMW 1899-0005-0541, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Spirostylus brevior by Nützel and Kaim (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Spirostylus subcolumnaris brevior Kittl p. 198 figs. Pl 7, fig 2
2014Spirostylus brevior Nützel and Kaim p. 419 figs. 7j-l, ?m

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

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 brevior Kittl 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:39:28
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:39:28
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Julian or 235.00000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy (Belluno) Spirostylus brevior (207502)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Spirostylus brevior (type locality: 144631 163815 163816 163817 163818)