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Cyrtostropha macrospira

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia macrospira was named by Hall (1852). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Lophospira macrospira by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Coelidium macrospira by Clarke and Ruedemann (1903) and Parks (1915); it was recombined as Coelocaulus macrospira by Whiteaves (1906) and HornĂ½ (1952); it was recombined as Michelia macrospira by Linsley (1994); it was recombined as Cyrtostropha macrospira by Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Murchisonia loganii Hall
1852Murchisonia macrospira Hall p. 346 figs. pl. 83 f. 5
1872Murchisonia loganii Nicholson p. 544 figs. pl. 26 f. 3-4
1872Murchisonia macrospira Nicholson pp. 545 - 546 figs. pl. 26 f. 9
1884Murchisonia macrospira Whiteaves p. 27 figs. pl. 4 f. 7-7a
1895Murchisonia loganii Whiteaves p. 80
1895Murchisonia macrospira Whiteaves p. 81
1897Lophospira macrospira Ulrich and Scofield p. 963
1897Coelocaulus logani Ulrich and Scofield p. 1020
1903Coelidium macrospira Clarke and Ruedemann pp. 65 - 67 figs. pl. 7 f. 2-8; pl. 10 f. 13
1906Coelocaulus macrospira Whiteaves p. 333
1915Coelidium macrospira Parks p. 58
1952Coelocaulus macrospira HornĂ½ p. 19
1980Murchisonia macrospira Rohr p. 186
1994Michelia macrospira Linsley p. 90
2023Cyrtostropha macrospira Wagner p. 1868

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyMurchisoniidae
genusCyrtostropha()
speciesmacrospira()

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.

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Invalid names: Cyrtostropha loganii Hall 1852 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yessubg
Adult length: 10 to < 100subg
Adult width: 10 to < 100subg
Adult height: 10 to < 100subg
Folds: nonesubg
Ribbing: minorsubg
Spines: nonesubg
Internal reinforcement: nonesubg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:12:14
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:12:14
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Ludlow or 438.50000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) Coelidium macrospira (77332)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4USA (New York) Coelidium macrospira (154368 155562)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Ontario) Murchisonia loganii (155723) Murchisonia loganii, Murchisonia macrospira (14196) Murchisonia macrospira (154346)