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Glyptospira

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Microdomatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Glyptospira Chronic
1960Glyptospira Knight et al. p. 243
1988Glyptospira Erwin p. 873
2002Glyptospira Sepkoski
2012Glyptospira Nützel and Nakazawa p. 118

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyMicrodomatidae
genusGlyptospira

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. †Glyptospira Chronic 1952
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Glyptospira arelela Plas 1972
Glyptospira cingulata Erwin 1988
Glyptospira cristulata Chronic 1952
Glyptospira huecoensis Erwin 1988
Glyptospira pinna Pan and Erwin 2002
Glyptospira sonorensis Blodgett et al. 2002
Glyptospira tricostata Erwin 1988
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Invalid names: Turbo taylorianus King 1850 [synonym], Turbo thomsonianus King 1848 [synonym]
Glyptospira turrita Erwin 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1615.401.2312.05.701.77
shell diameter1613.121.305.403.200.946

Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: "calcite"f
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-01-28 07:56:10
Modified: 2010-01-28 09:56:10
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bandel et al. 2002, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Changhsingian or 323.20000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Texas) G. quadriserrata (79967)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) G. tricostata (121451)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) G. turrita (101780)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Utah) G. sp. (10651)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (New Mexico) G. huecoensis (129582) G. turrita (101770 101771)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) G. huecoensis (101773 107663)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) G. arelela (39157) G. sp. (66102)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) G. cingulata (81633) G. huecoensis (44565) G. tricostata (43491)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Mexico (Sonora) G. sonorensis (52096) G. sp. (52100 52101 102390)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Malaysia (Perak) G. sp. (62131)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Nevada) G. sp. (10472 10640 10647 10649)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) G. cristulata (120746 120747) G. huecoensis (107664)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Venezuela (Merida) G. sp. (41515 41516 41517)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) G. cingulata (43512)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) G. cristulata (39999 40000 40001)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Mexico (Chiapas) G. sp. (198600)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan G. tricostata (109667)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom Littorina tunstallensis (130871)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Turbo thomsonianus, Turbo taylorianus (208912)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Poland Polytropis tayloriana (208518 208520)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) Turbo taylorianus (130765) Turbo thomsonianus (83171) Turbo thomsonianus, Turbo taylorianus (130766)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Yunnan) G. pinna (56943)