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Callispira ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4617162	https://www.gbif.org/species/4617162
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9578	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9578

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Acanthonematidae : Callispira

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Acanthonematidae : Callispira

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
order	Sorbeoconcha	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superfamily	Cerithioidea	(Férussac 1819)
family	Acanthonematidae
genus	Callispira	Nelson 1947

Scientific Name

Callispira Nelson, 1947

Name Published In

J. Paleont., 21

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Callispira	genus	belongs to Turritellidae	stated without evidence	Hoare et al., 1997
Callispira	genus	belongs to Acanthonematinae	stated with evidence	Kues and Batten, 2001
Callispira	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

314 - 309 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

265 - 260 Ma
Permian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cerithioidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Cerithioidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. A. Nelson. 1947. Two new genera of Paleozoic gastropods. Journal of Paleontology 21(5):460-465

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Callispira bellula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	303 Ma Carboniferous	303 Ma Carboniferous
Callispira grossa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Callispira novemcostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Callispira okaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	309 Ma Carboniferous	305 Ma Carboniferous
Callispira quinquecostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	314 Ma Carboniferous	314 Ma Carboniferous
Callispira tricostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1947	Callispira Nelson
1997	Callispira Hoare et al.
2001	Callispira Kues and Batten
2002	Callispira Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Nelson L. A. (1947) Two new genera of Paleozoic gastropods, Journal of Paleontology 21 5, 460-465

Hoare R. D., Sturgeon M. T., et al (1997) Pennsylvannian marine gastropods from the Appalachian basin, Journal of Paleontology 71 6, 1019-1039

Kues B. S., Batten R. L. (2001) Middle Pennsylvanian gastropods from the Flechado Formation, north-central New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 75 1, supp, 1-95

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

J. Paleont., 21 - 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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