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Spiroraphe ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Gosseletinidae : Spiroraphe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 439 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 411 - 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Murchisoniina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Murchisoniina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | minor ribbing (based on Spiroraphe) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Perner. 1903. Gastéropodes, Tome 1: Patellidae et Bellerophontidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Helictes aequilaterus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 441 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Spiroraphe bohemica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 443 Ma Silurian | 426 Ma Silurian | |
Pleurotomaria cryptata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 443 Ma Silurian | 441 Ma Silurian | |
Pleurotomaria galtensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 443 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
Trochotremaria pollens ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 423 Ma Silurian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Pleurotomaria putillus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Stenoloronoron aequilaterum shelvensis ✝ subspecies | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1903 | Pleurotomaria (Spiroraphe) Perner |
1928 | Spirorapha Twenhofel p. 240 |
2017 | Spiroraphe Wagner p. G941 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!