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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4609009	https://www.gbif.org/species/4609009
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9735	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9735

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Calyptraeidae : Cyrtospira

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Subulitidae : Cyrtospira

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
order	Murchisoniina	Cox and Knight 1960
superfamily	Subulitoidea
family	Subulitidae	Lindström 1884
genus	Cyrtospira	Ulrich 1897

Scientific Name

Cyrtospira Ulrich, 1897

Name Published In

Fin. Rep. Surv. Minnesota, 3,

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cyrtospira	genus	belongs to Subulitidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
Cyrtospira	subgenus	belongs to Subulites	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Cyrtospira	genus	belongs to Subulitidae	stated with evidence	Nützel et al., 2000
Cyrtospira	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

466 - 458 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

426 - 423 Ma
Silurian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Subulitidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Subulitidae)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Subulitidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cyrtospira aequalis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cyrtospira bicurvata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Cyrtospira funata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Cyrtospira granum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Cyrtospira huenei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cyrtospira inexpectata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Cyrtospira inflata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyrtospira lineatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Cyrtospira ornatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Cyrtospira tortilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Cyrtospira wykoffensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Subulites abbreviatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Subulites aequalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subulites brevis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Subulites directus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Subulites huenei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subulites lineatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subulites nitens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Subulites notatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Subulites ornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Subulites parvulus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Subulites raymondi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Subulites ventricosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	433 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1897	Cyrtospira Ulrich and Scofield
1960	Subulites (Cyrtospira) Knight et al.
2000	Cyrtospira Nützel et al.
2002	Cyrtospira Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Nützel A., Erwin D.H, et al (2000) Identity and phylogeny of the Late Paleozoic Subulitoidea (Gastropoda), Journal of Paleontology 74 4, 575-598

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Fin. Rep. Surv. Minnesota, 3, - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

(as Crepidulidae) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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