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Paupospira thebesensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Lophospira thebesensis was named by Savage (1913). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2½ kilometers north of Thebes, which is in a Gamachian carbonate limestone in the Leemon Formation of Illinois.

It was recombined as Paupospira thebesensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Lophospira thebesensis Savage p. 140 figs. pl. 7 f. 31
2023Paupospira thebesensis Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusPaupospira
speciesthebesensis()

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.

Paupospira thebesensis Savage 1913
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. E. Savage 1913This species belongs to the Robusta section of Lophospira, as defined by Ulrich,30 and seems to be distantly related to L. lirata Ulrich, from the Cincinnatian beds of Ohio, which it somewhat resembles in size and in the larger surface features. It differs from that species in having only three or four volutions, which are more angular along the peripheral band than in that form. In our species the peripheral band is prominent and median in position. Upper slope of the volutions, between the band and the suture, divided near the middle by a low ridge on either side of which the surface is flattened or concave. A more distinct revolving ridge occurs about the same distance below the band. the intervening spaces also being flattened; suture moderately deep. aperture and umbilicus not well exposed. Transverse lines of growth fine and numerous.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2024-02-04 19:53:32
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Gamachian or 449.50000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7USA (Illinois) Lophospira thebesensis (type locality: 173289)