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Eroicaspira

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Eroicaspira Wagner
2000Eroicaspira Nützel et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilySubulitoidea(Lindström 1884)
familySubulitidae
genusEroicaspira

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.

G. †Eroicaspira Wagner 1999
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†Eroicaspira obelisca Whitfield 1886
†Eroicaspira simulatrix Billings 1865
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Invalid names: Murchisonia augustina Billings 1865 [synonym]
†Eroicaspira zelleri Flower 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-08-16 10:05:07
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:19:27
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Cassinian to the top of the Edenian or 482.30000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (New Mexico) Hormotoma zelleri (56479 56481 56482)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Vermont) Murchisonia obelisca (154944)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (New Mexico) Hormotoma zelleri (56655)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0Malaysia (Palau Lankawi Island) Hormotoma sp. (172824) Hormotoma spp. (56163 56164)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3Greenland Hormotoma augustina (174317)
Rangerian - Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Hormotoma sp. (104417)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) E. augustina (104525) Murchisonia sp. (14229)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hormotoma augustina (10279)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8USA (Georgia) Hormotoma bellicincta (33333 33334 33335)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma bellicincta (104422 185451 185462 185474 185476)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) Hormotoma bellicincta (185348 185349)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Hormotoma bellicincta (63816)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma bellicincta (26192)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Hormotoma bellicincta (154703)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Murchisonia bellicincta (75226)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Hormotoma bellicincta (23659 23664 23667 23668 23670)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma bellicincta (26272)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Hormotoma bellicincta (23579 23584)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) E. bellicincta (157242)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma bellicincta (26271 26273 197156)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Hormotoma bellicincta (23678)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Hormotoma bellicincta (23588)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma bellicincta (26293)