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Nevadaspira ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4599484https://www.gbif.org/species/4599484
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)8475https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8475
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : Nevadaspira
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Euomphalidae : Nevadaspira
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassEogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1996
orderEuomphalinade Koninck 1881
superfamilyEuomphaloidea
familyEuomphalidaeWhite 1877
genusNevadaspiraYochelson 1971
Scientific NameNevadaspira Yochelson, 1971
Name Published InSmithson. Contr. Paleobiol. No. 3
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Nevadaspiragenusbelongs to Euomphalidaestated with evidenceYochelson, 1971
Nevadaspiragenusbelongs to Euomphalidaestated without evidenceMorris and Cleevely, 1981
Nevadaspiragenusbelongs to Euomphalidaestated with evidenceLinsley and Kier, 1984
Nevadaspiragenusbelongs to Euomphalinasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance380 - 376 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance380 - 376 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Motilityactively mobile
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietdetritivore
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Euomphalidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. L. Yochelson. 1971. A new late Devonian gastropod and its bearing on problems of open coiling and septation. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 3:231-241

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Nevadaspira cooperi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1380 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian		380 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1971Nevadaspira Yochelson
1981Nevadaspira Morris and Cleevely
1984Nevadaspira Linsley and Kier
2002Nevadaspira Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Yochelson E. L. (1971) A new late Devonian gastropod and its bearing on problems of open coiling and septation, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 3, 231-241
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
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
Smithson. Contr. Paleobiol. No. 3 - 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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