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Peruvispira delicata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Peruvispira delicata was named by Chronic (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 27005/2:1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH301, Bed 32b, Rasuvilca Hills section 9, Pajege Canyon, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru. It is the type species of Peruvispira.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Peruvispira delicata Chronic
1953Peruvispira delicata Chronic pp. 139 - 140 figs. pl. 28 f. 9-12
1989Peruvispira delicata Batten p. 35 figs. Pl 7, fig 22; pl 8, fig 1
1992Peruvispira delicata Blodgett p. 148
2002Peruvispira delicata Pan and Erwin p. 7
2023Peruvispira delicata Wagner p. 4382

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyCoelozoninae
genusPeruvispira
speciesdelicata

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.

Peruvispira delicata Chronic 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height324.242.208.304.451.27
shell diameter324.633.705.804.751.48

Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:54:14
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Wordian or 318.10000 to 265.10000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan318.1 - 314.6USA (Texas) Peruvispira delicata (79966)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Peruvispira delicata (43476)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Peruvispira delicata (43468 43474 43475)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Apurimac) Peruvispira delicata (41357)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Ayacucho) Peruvispira delicata (type locality: 41366 41368 41369 41371)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Bolivia Peruvispira delicata (62316)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Peru (Cusco) Peruvispira delicata (41347)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Peruvispira delicata (43559)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Peruvispira delicata (43496 43497 43499 43513 43517 43589 75865 75882 81711 81724 81848 81860 81862 81949 101785)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Peruvispira delicata (43512 43551 43563 81640 81671 81693 101767)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1USA (Texas) Peruvispira delicata (43550 94894 101864)