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Subulites calciferus

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Taxonomy
Subulites calciferus was named by Billings (1859). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Fusispira calciferus by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Fusispira calcifera by Twenhofel (1938).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Subulites calciferus Billings p. 360 fig. 10
1897Fusispira calciferus Ulrich and Scofield p. 1070
1938Fusispira calcifera Twenhofel pp. 64 - 65 figs. pl. 8 f. 11
2023Subulites calciferus Wagner p. 4509

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

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.

Subulites calciferus Billings 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
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 mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-08-16 10:04:37
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:19:38
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Wagner 2023, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Cassinian or 482.30000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Quebec) Fusispira calcifera (56649)