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Lytospira ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4599667	https://www.gbif.org/species/4599667
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8470	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8470

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ophiletidae : Lytospira

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Ophiletidae : Lytospira

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	Eogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1996
order	Euomphalina	de Koninck 1881
superfamily	Ophiletoidea	Knight 1956
family	Ophiletidae	Knight 1956
genus	Lytospira	Koken 1896

Scientific Name

Lytospira Koken, 1896

Name Published In

Leitfoss., 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lytospira	genus	belongs to Euomphaloidea	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Lytospira	genus	belongs to Ophiletidae	stated without evidence	Morris and Cleevely, 1981
Lytospira	genus	belongs to Euomphalidae	stated with evidence	Linsley and Kier, 1984
Lytospira	genus	belongs to Ophiletidae	stated with evidence	Rohr and Measures, 2001
Lytospira	genus	belongs to Euomphalina	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Lytospira	genus	belongs to Euomphalidae	stated without evidence	Rohr et al., 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

478 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

426 - 423 Ma
Silurian

Motility

stationary

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

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

Taphonomy

aragonite

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. Koken. 1896. Die Leitfossilien. Ein Handbuch für den Unterricht und für das Bestimmen von Versteinerungen

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ecculiomphalus distans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Ecculiomphalus undulatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Eccyliomphalus nitida ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Eccyliomphalus subrotundus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Euomphalus angelini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lytospira anguina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lytospira arcuata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Lytospira potens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lytospira serpula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lytospira tangens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Lytospira tubicina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lytospira valida ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1896	Lytospira Koken
1960	Lytospira Knight et al. p. 191
1977	Lytospira Yochelson
1981	Lytospira Morris and Cleevely
1984	Lytospira Linsley and Kier
2001	Lytospira Rohr and Measures
2002	Lytospira Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Lytospira Rohr et al.

References

Koken E. , Die Leitfossilien. Ein Handbuch für den Unterricht und für das Bestimmen von Versteinerungen, 1-848

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

Morris N.J., Cleevely R. J. (1981) Phanerotinus cristatus (Phillips) and the nature of euomphalacean gastropods, Molluscans, Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 35 3, 195-212

Linsley R. M., Kier W.M. (1984) The Paragastropoda: a proposal for a new class of Paleozoic Mollusca, Malacologia 25 1, 241-254

Rohr D. M., Measures E.A. (2001) Middle Ordovician (Whiterockian) gastropods of western Newfoundland: Macluritoidea and Euomphaloidea, Journal of Paleontology 75 2, 284-294

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

Rohr D. M., Boyce W.D., et al (2003) Ordovician gastropods from Western Newfoundland, Current Research (2003) Newfoundland Department of Mines and Energy Geological Survey 2003, 127-136

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

Leitfoss., 2 - 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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