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Cyrtospira

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtospira was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Courtesy of Ulrich. Sepkoski's age data: O Llde S Ludl Sepkoski's reference number: 1]. It is not extant. Its type is Cyrtospira tortilis.

It was reranked as Subulites (Cyrtospira) by Knight et al. (1960).

It was assigned to Subulites by Knight et al. (1960); to Subulitidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) and Nützel et al. (2000); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Cyrtospira Ulrich and Scofield
1960Subulites (Cyrtospira) Knight et al.
2000Cyrtospira Nützel et al.
2002Cyrtospira Sepkoski

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

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. †Cyrtospira Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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†Cyrtospira aequalis Koken and Perner 1925
†Cyrtospira bicurvata Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Cyrtospira brevis Winchell and Marcy 1866
†Cyrtospira directus Foerste 1893
†Cyrtospira funata Perner 1903
†Cyrtospira granum Koken and Perner 1925
†Cyrtospira huenei Koken and Perner 1925
†Cyrtospira inexpectata Perner 1903
†Cyrtospira lineatus Koken and Perner 1925
†Cyrtospira nitens Angelin and Lindström 1880
†Cyrtospira notata Billings 1866
†Cyrtospira ornatus Koken and Perner 1925
†Cyrtospira parvula Billings 1865
†Cyrtospira raymondi Hudson 1905
†Cyrtospira tortilis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Cyrtospira wykoffensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Subulites ventricosus curvus Lindström 1884
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
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).g
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 Chazyan to the top of the Ludfordian or 470.00000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) C. raymondi (56212 56213 171798)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) C. parvula (185356)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) C. tortilis (5327)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) C. parvula (63816)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) C. bicurvata (87739)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) C. parvula (154703)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. wykoffensis, Cyrtolites wykoffensis (23584)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Cyrtolites wykoffensis (23659) C. wykoffensis, Cyrtolites wykoffensis (23664 23667 23668 23670)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarna) Subulites granum, Subulites lineatus (155566)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Minnesota) C. wykoffensis (194137)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) C. wykoffensis, Cyrtolites wykoffensis (23588)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) C. wykoffensis, Cyrtolites wykoffensis (23678)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Cyrtolites wykoffensis (23607)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Alaska) Subulites sp. (49346)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Subulites ornatus (154605)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) C. notata (63767 63773)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Canada (Quebec) C. notata (167583)
Alexandrian443.4 - 436.0USA (Ohio) Subulites directus (155567 172895)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Iowa) C. sp. (25015)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Subulites ventricosus (13592)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Wisconsin) C. ventricosus (24944)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic C. sp. (14104)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Canada (Ontario) Subulites ventricosus (155012)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Ontario) Subulites ventricosus (155723)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic (Bohemia) C. funata, C. inexpectata (104939)