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Thoralispira

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida

Taxonomy
Thoralispira was named by Horný and Vizcaïno (1995). It is not extant. Its type is Cymbularia laevis.

It was assigned to Cyrtolitidae by Horný and Vizcaïno (1995); and to Bellerophontoidea by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Thoralispira Horný and Vizcaïno
2023Thoralispira Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
genusThoralispira

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. †Thoralispira Horný and Vizcaïno 1995
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†Thoralispira laevis Thoral 1935
†Thoralispira occitana Horný and Vizcaïno 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-04-11 12:27:18
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:08
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Floian or 478.60000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Morocco (Anti-Atlas) T. sp. (166727)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Morocco T. laevis (20979 56608)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) Cymbularia laevis (56656) Cymbularia sp. (20828)
Klabava478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) Cymbularia laevis (20824)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco (Tarfaya) T. laevis (56583)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco T. laevis (56568 56609 56611) T. laevis, T. occitana (56600)
Floian477.7 - 470.0France (Montagne Noire) Cymbularia laevis (20820 167632 167633) T. occitana (20827)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco (Anti Atlas) T. laevis (166731)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Cymbularia laevis (167654) Cymbularia laevis, T. laevis (20825)