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Teiichispira ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Maclureadae : Teiichispira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Macluritidae : Teiichispira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Teiichispira Yochelson & Jones, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 474 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 467 - 458 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Macluritidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. L. Yochelson and C.R. Jones. 1968. Teiichispira, a new early Ordovician gastropod genus. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 613(B):1-15 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Helicotoma similis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Lesueurilla zonata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Maclurea affinis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Maclurea emmonsi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Maclurea odenvillensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Maclurea ponderosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Maclurea tofangoense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Maclurites nanus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian | |
| Monitorella auricula ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Teiichispira cornucopiae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Teiichispira imperfecta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Teiichispira rossi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1968 | Teiichispira Yochelson and Jones |
| 1984 | Teiichispira Linsley and Kier |
| 1999 | Teiichispira Wagner p. 72 |
| 2002 | Teiichispira Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
