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Paupospira elevata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Lophospira elevata was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Paupospira elevata by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Lophospira elevata Ulrich and Scofield p. 977 figs. pl. 73 f. 11-14
2023Paupospira elevata Wagner p. 1945

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusPaupospira
specieselevata()

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.

Paupospira elevata Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2024-02-04 19:53:32
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

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

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Lophospira elevata (184970)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lophospira elevata (23584)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira elevata (23659 23664 23667 23668 23670)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira elevata (23678)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Lophospira elevata (23588)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Lophospira elevata (26293)