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Fusispira angusta

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Taxonomy
Fusispira angusta was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897). It is not extant.

It was corrected as Fusispira angustata by Liberty (1969); it was corrected as Fusispira angustus by Sloan and Webers (1987).

Subspecies
F. subplana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Fusispira angusta Ulrich and Scofield
1951Fusispira angusta Wilson p. 92 figs. pl. 16 f. 9; text f. 6.4
1969Fusispira angustata Liberty
1987Fusispira angustus Sloan and Webers p. 185
2023Fusispira angusta Wagner p. 1208

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

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.

†Fusispira angusta Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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†Fusispira angusta subplana Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:32:22
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:32:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Edenian or 457.30000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Fusispira angusta (184970)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Fusispira angusta, Fusispira subplana (23579 23584)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Fusispira angusta, Fusispira subplana (23659 23664 23667 23668 23670)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Quebec) Fusispira angusta (185477)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Fusispira angusta (26270)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Fusispira angusta (23597) Fusispira angusta, Fusispira subplana (23588)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Fusispira angusta (23679) Fusispira angusta, Fusispira subplana (23678) Fusispira angustus (23680)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Fusispira angustata (26293)