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Liospira

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Liospira Ulrich and Scofield
1960Liospira Knight et al. p. 201
2002Liospira Sepkoski

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

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. †Liospira Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Liospira aequalis Salter 1859
Liospira affinis Foerste 1887
Liospira americana Billings 1860
Liospira angustata Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Liospira biconvexa Yü 1961
Liospira cornovica Pitcher 1939
Liospira decipens Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Liospira depressum Foerste 1923
Liospira equilis Longstaff 1924
Liospira lenticularis de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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Invalid names: Liospira marklandensis McLearn 1924 [synonym]
Liospira micula Hall and Whitney 1862
Liospira modesta Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Liospira numismale Koken 1896
Liospira obtusa Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Liospira peneplana Okulitch 1935
Liospira perdepressa Poulsen 1974
Liospira persimilis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Liospira progne Billings 1860
Liospira robertsi Reed 1906
Liospira rossica Koken 1889
Liospira shohakuensis Kobayashi 1934
Liospira simulans Salter 1861
Liospira stevensoni Parks 1915
Liospira striatula Longstaff 1924
Liospira subconcava Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Liospira taihakuensis Kobayashi 1934
Liospira uriconiensis Pitcher 1939
Liospira vitruvia Billings 1865
Liospira wesenbergense Koken 1897
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
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).g
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 Middle Ordovician to the top of the Middle Frasnian or 471.30000 to 375.20000 Ma

Collections (282 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordovician486.85 - 443.1USA (New York) L. sp. (332)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (GanSu) L. sp. (8575)
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (New York) L. sp. (333 334 430)
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2Norway L. sp. (154903)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) L. americanum (172352)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (HeBei) L. sp. (7971)
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Estonia Eotomaria rossica (56207 56208 56209)
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Estonia (Harju) Eotomaria rossica (168497)
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Estonia (Lääne) Eotomaria rossica (87263)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2North Korea L. shohakuensis (56166)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Wales) L. cornovica (56394 172854)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (England) L. cornovica (49635)
Telychian - Wenlock438.6 - 426.7Canada (Manitoba) Raphistomina affinis (26419)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (522)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) L. perlata (188845)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia (Středočeský (Central Bohemian Region)) L. sp. (106004)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (8310 8315)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Prague) L. sp. (76471)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) L. sp. (77078)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland L. sp. (62175)