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Liospira wesenbergense

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Raphistoma wesenbergense was named by Koken (1897). It is not extant. Its type locality is Rakvere, which is in a Rakvere carbonate limestone in the Rägavere Formation of Estonia.

It was recombined as Pararaphistoma wesenbergense by Vostokova (1955); it was recombined as Liospira wesenbergense by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Raphistoma wesenbergense Koken p. 166
1925Raphistoma wesenbergense Koken and Perner p. 80 figs. pl. 5 f. 4-5, 9, 13
1955Pararaphistoma wesenbergense Vostokova p. 83
2023Liospira wesenbergense Wagner p. 1624

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

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 wesenbergense Koken 1897
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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 Rakvere to the top of the Nabala or 451.80000 to 449.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rakvere451.8 - 450.5Estonia (Lääne-Virumaa) Raphistoma wesenbergense (type locality: 155682)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Estonia Liospira wesenbergense (168642)