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Lecanospira

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Lecanospira Butts
1940Lecanospira tasmanensis Kobayashi p. 63 figs. pl. 11 f. 11
1947Barnesella Bridge and Cloud
1955Burnesella Kobayashi p. 406
1960Lecanospira Knight et al. p. 188
1960Lecanospira (Barnesella) Knight et al. p. 188 fig. 105.1
1962Lecanospira tasmaniensis Banks et al.
1981Barnesella Morris and Cleevely
1981Lecanospira Morris and Cleevely
1984Barnesella Linsley and Kier
1984Lecanospira Linsley and Kier
1999Lecanospira Wagner p. 71
2002Barnesella Sepkoski
2002Lecanospira Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyOphiletoidea
familyOphiletidae
genusLecanospira

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.

G. †Lecanospira Butts 1926
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Lecanospira biconcava Ulrich et al. 1931
Lecanospira carinata Heller 1954
Lecanospira compacta Salter 1859
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Invalid names: Lecanospira knoxvillensis Allen and Lester 1954 [synonym], Lecanospira salteri Ulrich et al. 1931 [synonym], Lecanospira sigmoidea Ulrich et al. 1931 [synonym]
Lecanospira conferta Butts 1926
Lecanospira depressa Heller 1954
Lecanospira lecanospiroides Bridge and Cloud 1947
Lecanospira nerine Billings 1865
Lecanospira perplana Heller 1954
Lecanospira sanctisabae Roemer 1849
Lecanospira soluta Heller 1954
Lecanospira transitionis Billings 1865
Invalid names: Barnesella Bridge and Cloud 1947 [synonym], Lecanospira tasmanensis Kobayashi 1940 [nomen oblitum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
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: stationaryg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).g
Created: 2004-08-14 12:30:39
Modified: 2009-06-05 21:22:43
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Onnian or 480.80000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian - Tulean487.5 - 474.9Canada (Newfoundland) L. sp. (195780)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6Canada (Newfoundland) L. sp. (196501)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) L. nerine (56149)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (Texas) L. sanctisabae (56493 56494)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (North Dakota) L. sp. (69041)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (Pennsylvania) L. compacta (56464 56466 56467) L. salteri (56465)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (Montana) L. sp. (69028)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6USA (Missouri) L. perplana (50205) L. soluta (50202) L. sp. (50207)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (New York) L. compacta (289)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (North Dakota) L. sp. undet. (119477 119478)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Vermont) Ophileta compacta (154942)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) L. sp. (80769)
Stairsian - Tulean485.4 - 474.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Ophileta compacta (188696)
Demingian - Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) L. sp. (196498 196499)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Alaska) L. sp. (101841)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Texas) Barnesella sp. (293) L. sp. (283)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Texas) Barnesella lecanospiroides (56489 56490 56491 80088)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3USA (Maryland) L. sp. (285)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) L. sp. (2671)
Lancefieldian - Bendigonian484.3 - 473.1Australia (Tasmania) L. tasmanensis (211106)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Quebec) Barnesella sp. (50062) L. compacta (50065)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Minnesota) Eccyliomphalus transversocordatus (56647)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) L. compacta (56147)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Montana) L. sp. indet. (174362)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1USA (Utah) L. sp. (64516 64558)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1USA (Virginia) L. compacta (6980)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia (Avilés) Barnesella sp. (9104)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0USA (Montana) L. sp. (286)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia L. sp. (8843)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) L. sp. (195746)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Georgia) L. compacta, L. salteri, L. sigmoidea, L. knoxvillensis (164676)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3Canada (Alberta) Barnesella lecanospiroides (56472)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3USA (Utah) L. sp. (104193 104196)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Ophileta compacta (172352)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8USA (Georgia) L. sp. (33332 33333 33334 33335)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ZheJiang) L. sp. (7804)