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Kitikamispira ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8624836	https://www.gbif.org/species/8624836
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	58000	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=58000

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Kitikamispira

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Kitikamispira

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	Euomphaloidea
genus	Kitikamispira	Kase & Nishida 1988

Scientific Name

Kitikamispira Kase & Nishida, 1988

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Kitikamispira	genus	belongs to Gyronematinae	stated without evidence	Kase and Nishida, 1988
Kitikamispira	genus	belongs to Palaeotrochidae	stated without evidence	Cook, 1995
Kitikamispira	genus	belongs to Gastropoda	stated without evidence	Blodgett et al., 2001
Kitikamispira	genus	belongs to Euomphaloidea	stated with evidence	Wagner, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

383 - 372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Motility

stationary (based on Euomphaloidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Euomphaloidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. Kase and T. Nishida. 1988. Two new Middle Devonian gastropods from the Nakazato Formation of Kitakami, Northeast Japan. Professor Tamio Kotaka commemorative volume on Molluscan paleontology

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cyclonema concinna ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cyclonema hamiltoniae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Cyclonema perstrialis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cyclonemina crenulistriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cyclonemina multistriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Euchelus tubericosta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eunema speciosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Gyronema bellense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Gyronema minutiforma ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Gyronema minutinodosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Gyronema ormistoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Kitikamispira kanekoi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Kitikamispira minutinodosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kitikamispira ukalundensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Trochonema monroei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Turbo bicostatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Turbo granosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1988	Kitikamispira Kase and Nishida
1995	Kitikamispira Cook
2001	Kitakamispira Blodgett et al. p. 106
2017	Kitikamispira Wagner

References

Kase T., Nishida T. (1988) Two new Middle Devonian gastropods from the Nakazato Formation of Kitakami, Northeast Japan., Professor Tamio Kotaka commemorative volume on Molluscan paleontology, 257-263

Cook A. G. (1995) Gastropods from the Ukalunda Beds and Douglas Creek, Early Devonian, north Queensland, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38 2, 429-435

Blodgett R. B., Rohr D. M., et al (2001) Early Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Gastropods from the Wadleigh Limestone in the Alexander Terrane of Southeastern Alaska Demonstrate Biogeographic Affinities with Central Alaskan Terranes (Farewell and Livengood) and Eurasia, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1678, 105-110

Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database

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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