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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4615122	https://www.gbif.org/species/4615122
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8926	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8926

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Eotomariidae : Liospira

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Eotomariidae : Liospira

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	Eotomarioidea	Wenz 1938
family	Eotomariidae	Wenz 1938
subfamily	Liospirinae	Knight 1956
genus	Liospira	Ulrich & Scofield 1897

Scientific Name

Liospira Ulrich & Scofield, 1897

Name Published In

Fin. Rep. Geol. Surv. Minnesota, 3, no. 2, 953

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Liospira	genus	belongs to Pleurotomariidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
Liospira	genus	belongs to Liospirinae	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Liospira	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 466 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

382 - 380 Ma
Late/Upper 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

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

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
Eotomaria robertsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Liospira angustata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Liospira biconvexa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Liospira cornovica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	441 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Liospira decipens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Liospira depressum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	441 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Liospira devonica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Liospira equilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Modulus modulus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Liospira modesta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Liospira obtusa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Liospira peneplana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Liospira perdepressa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	443 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Liospira persimilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Liospira shohakuensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Liospira simulans ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Liospira stevensoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Liospira striatula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Liospira strigata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Liospira subconcava ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Liospira taihakuensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Liospira uriconiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyschisma simulans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurotomaria americana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		40	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Pleurotomaria micula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		32	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Pleurotomaria numismale ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Pleurotomaria progne ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		39	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Pleurotomaria rossica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Pleurotomaria vitruvia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		41	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Raphistoma aequalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Raphistoma affinis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	443 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Raphistoma wesenbergense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1897	Liospira Ulrich and Scofield
1960	Liospira Knight et al. p. 201
2002	Liospira 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

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

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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. Geol. Surv. Minnesota, 3, no. 2, 953 - 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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