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Liospira progne

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria progne was named by Billings (1860). It is not a trace fossil.

It was misspelled as Liospira progue by Sloan and Webers (1987); it was recombined as Liospira progne by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Troedsson (1928), Wilson (1951), Liberty (1969) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. spicula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Pleurotomaria progne Billings p. 163 fig. 6
1897Liospira progne Ulrich and Scofield pp. 996 - 997 figs. pl. 68 f. 38-44
1928Liospira progne Troedsson p. 16 figs. pl. 2 f. 7-8; pl. 25 f. 5
1951Liospira progne Wilson p. 51 figs. pl. 9 f. 3-6; text f. 3.2
1969Liospira progne Liberty
1987Liospira progue Sloan and Webers
2023Liospira progne Wagner p. 1619

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

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 progne Billings 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-03-04 09:58:42
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:28:28
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Cautleyan or 457.30000 to 448.80000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Liospira progne (26276)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Georgia) Liospira progne (32823 32824 32825 32826 32832)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Alaska) Liospira progne (101861)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Liospira progne (184970 185474)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) Liospira progne (175724)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Liospira progne (5327)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Liospira progne (156592)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Liospira progne (5328 5329 5331)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Liospira progne (155399)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Liospira progne (77147 87822 100289)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Liospira progne (26272)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Liospira progue (23656 23659 23664 23667 23668 23670)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Liospira progue (23579 23584)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Liospira progne (34547 34548 100288)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Liospira progne (26263 26269 26271 26277 185268)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Liospira progue (23588)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Liospira progue (23678)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Greenland (Washington Land) Liospira progne (24162)