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Spirostylidae

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Spirostylidae

Taxonomy
Spirostylidae was named by Cossmann (1909) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5428].

It was assigned to Loxonematoidea by Ponder and Warén (1988); and to Caenogastropoda by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Spirostylidae Cossmann
1988Spirostylidae Ponder and Warén p. 292
2005Spirostylidae Bouchet et al. p. 247

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

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.

Fm. †Spirostylidae Cossmann 1909
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G. †Doellocosmia Bonarelli 1927
G. †Euthystylus Cossmann 1895
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Euthystylus angustus Münster 1841
Euthystylus costatus Wang 1980
Euthystylus hastile Böhm 1895
Invalid names: Orthostylus Kittl 1894 [replaced]
G. †Heligmostylus Cossmann 1909
G. †Spirostylus Kittl 1894
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Spirostylus acus Kittl 1894
Spirostylus acutestriatus Stoppani 1857
Spirostylus agilis Stoppani 1858
Spirostylus beneckei Kittl 1894
Spirostylus brevior Kittl 1894
Spirostylus columnaris Münster 1841
Spirostylus contractus Kittl 1894
Spirostylus linctus Böhm 1895
Spirostylus porrectus Böhm 1895
Spirostylus subcolumnaris Münster 1841
Spirostylus terebra Klipstein 1843
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: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Sevatian or 254.17000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Euthystylus costatus (112013)
Induan252.17 - 251.2China (Sichuan) Spirostylus sp. (119267)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Jordan (Janoobiah) Spirostylus sp. (201986)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Sichuan) Spirostylus linctus (119273)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) Spirostylus sp. (110244)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Spirostylus subcolumnaria (44248) Spirostylus subcolumnaris (31618 31619 31620 31622 31623 31631)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Slovakia Euthystylus sp. (23867)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy Orthostylus hastile (138256) Spirostylus sp., Omphaloptycha lincta, Omphaloptycha porrecta, Orthostylus hastile (138255)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) Euthystylus balatonicus (203276) Spirostylus subcolumnaris, Euthystylus balatonicus (203199) Spirostylus subcolumnaris, Euthystylus hastile (203210) Spirostylus subcolumnaris, Spirostylus porrectus, Euthystylus balatonicus (203197)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Spirostylus retroscalatus (164208)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Euthystylus badioticus (69669 69676) Euthystylus sp. (69675) Melania subcolumnaris, Melania angusta, Melania columnaris (137429) Spirostylus brevior (163815 163816 163817) Spirostylus contractus, Spirostylus columnaris (144633) Spirostylus subcolumnaris (69650 69656 144634) Spirostylus subcolumnaris, Spirostylus beneckei, Spirostylus columnaris, Spirostylus acus, Spirostylus terebra, Orthostylus fuchsi, Orthostylus badioticus, Spirostylus brevior (144631) Spirostylus subcolumnaris, Spirostylus brevior (163818)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy (Belluno) Spirostylus brevior (207502)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Yunnan) Spirostylus beneckei (165418)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran Euthystylus sp., Spirostylus subulitoides (37959)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6USA (Idaho) Spirostylus sp. (38377)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Peru Euthystylus sp., Spirostylus sp. (68096)