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Longstaffia centervillensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Lophospira (Ruedemannia) centervillensis was named by Foerste (1923) [Lophospira (Ruedemannia?) centervillensis]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Quarry ½ mile northwest of Centerville, which is in an Alexandrian carbonate limestone in the Brassfield Formation of Ohio.

It was recombined as Longstaffia centervillensis by Peel (1977) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Lophospira (Ruedemannia) centervillensis Foerste pp. 84 - 86 figs. pl. 14 f. 18
1939Lophospira angulata Pitcher
1939Gyronema octavia multicarinata Pitcher p. 106 figs. pl. 5 f. 1, not f. 3
1977Longstaffia centervillensis Peel p. 25 figs. pl. 2 f. 17, 19; pl. 3 f. 4
2023Longstaffia centervillensis Wagner p. 1628

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

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: Longstaffia angulata Pitcher 1939 [synonym], Longstaffia multicarinata Pitcher 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available