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Liospira robertsi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Eotomaria robertsi was named by Reed (1906). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Prendergast Place and Lane, Haverfordwest, which is in a Rawtheyan carbonate mudstone in the Slade and Redhill Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Liospira robertsi by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Eotomaria robertsi Reed pp. 359 - 360 figs. pl. 20 f. 1-4
2023Liospira robertsi Wagner p. 2861

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyLiospirinae
genusLiospira
speciesrobertsi()

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.

Liospira robertsi Reed 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedsuperf
Created: 2009-03-04 09:58:42
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:28:28
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Rawtheyan or 448.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Eotomaria robertsi (type locality: 156496)