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Helicospira

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Helicospira was named by Girty (1915) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad P Djhu Sepkoski's reference number: 109,797]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Murchisoniidae by Knight et al. (1960); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Helicospira Girty
1960Helicospira Knight et al. p. 293
2002Helicospira Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyMurchisoniidae
genusHelicospira

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. †Helicospira Girty 1915
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Helicospira buttersi Girty 1912
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 18:05:26
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:43:21
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Roadian or 298.90000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Utah) H. sp. (39918)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Colorado) Murchisonia buttersi (233343)