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Liospira vitruvia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria vitruvia was named by Billings (1865). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Liospira vitruvia by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Pitcher (1939), Wilson (1951).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. kailiensis, L. perlata, L. spicula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Pleurotomaria vitruvia Billings
1897Liospira vitruvia Ulrich and Scofield pp. 995 - 996 figs. pl. 69 f. 3-8
1939Liospira vitruvia Pitcher p. 88
1951Liospira vitruvia Wilson pp. 51 - 52 figs. pl. 9 f. 7-8; text f. 3.3

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

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 vitruvia Billings 1865
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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, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Ashgill or 457.30000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Georgia) Liospira vitruvia (33103 33104 33105 33106 33107)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Indiana) Liospira vitruvia (104277 194135)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Liospira vitruvia (184671 185429 185449 185460 185465 185475)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) Liospira vitruvia (185349 185352 185353)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (British Columbia) Liospira vitruvia (192179)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Liospira vitruvia (63816)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Liospira vitruvia (23621)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Liospira vitruvia (23557)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Liospira vitruvia (23623 23644)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Liospira vitruvia (154703)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Liospira vitruvia (5346)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Liospira vitruvia (23558)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Liospira vitruvia (23622)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Liospira vitruvia (23579 23584)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Liospira vitruvia (23651 23653 23656 23659 23664 23667 23668 23670)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Liospira vitruvia (23588)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Liospira vitruvia (23678)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Liospira vitruvia (26293)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Liospira vitruvia (5396)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Kentucky) Liospira vitruvia (24034)