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Cyrtospira ventricosus

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Taxonomy
Subulites ventricosus was named by Hall (1852). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cyrtospira ventricosus by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Subulites ventricosus Hall p. 347 figs. pl. 83 f. 7
1867Subulites ventricosus Hall p. 346 figs. pl. 15 f. 1
1868Subulites ventricosus Hall p. 398 figs. pl. 15 f. 1
1872Subulites ventricosus Nicholson p. 549 figs. pl. 26 f. 5
1884Subulites ventricosus Lindström pp. 193 - 194 figs. pl. 18 f. 60-61
1897Cyrtospira ventricosus Ulrich and Scofield p. 1070
1979Subulites ventricosus Peel and Wängberg-Eriksson p. 106
2023Cyrtospira ventricosus Wagner p. 1253

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilySubulitoidea(Lindström 1884)
familySubulitidae
genusCyrtospira
speciesventricosus()

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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Subulites ventricosus curvus Lindström 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:31:49
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:31:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Gorstian or 433.40000 to 425.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Subulites ventricosus (13592)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Wisconsin) Cyrtospira ventricosus (24944)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Canada (Ontario) Subulites ventricosus (155012)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Ontario) Subulites ventricosus (155723)