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Spirigera ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4867811	https://www.gbif.org/species/4867811
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	136614	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=136614

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Spirigera

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Spirigera

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
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Rhynchonellata	Williams et al. 1996
order	Athyridida	Boucot et al. 1964
suborder	Athyrididina	Boucot et al. 1964
superfamily	Athyridacea	M'Coy 1884
genus	Spirigera	d'Orbigny 1847

Scientific Name

Spirigera d'Orbigny, 1847

Name Published In

C. R. Acad. Sci. (Paris), 25

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Spirigera	genus	belongs to Athyridacea	stated without evidence	Sykora et al., 1998

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

272 - 265 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Motility

stationary (based on Athyrididina)

Vision

blind (based on Rhynchonellata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Athyrididina)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. Sykora, M. Siblik, and J. Sotak. 1998. An Upper Triassic limestone pebble with "Spirigera" deslongchampsi Suess from the southern part of the western Carpathians, southern Slovakia. Geologica Carpathica 49(2):99-108

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Spirigera (Didymospira) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Spirigera borovacensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Spirigera bukowskii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spirigera forojulensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Spirigera hemisphaeroidica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Spirigera kaihikuana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	242 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Spirigera kittlii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Spirigera manzavinii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Spirigera manzavinioides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Spirigera milesi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Spirigera misolica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Spirigera monticola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spirigera oppelii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Spirigera pseudodielasma ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Spirigera schloenbachi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spirigera schloenbachii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Spirigera sellaris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Spirigera siljanensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Spirigera stoliczkai ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Spirigera subindistincta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Spirigera sufflata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Spirigera tricupii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Spirigera wreyi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1998	Spirigera Sykora et al.
1934	Athyris (Spirigera) Astre p. 78
1998	Spirigera Sykora et al.

References

Sykora M., Siblik M., et al (1998) An Upper Triassic limestone pebble with "Spirigera" deslongchampsi Suess from the southern part of the western Carpathians, southern Slovakia, Geologica Carpathica 49 2, 99-108

GBIF/Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Invertebrate Paleontology DiGIR Service - 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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

C. R. Acad. Sci. (Paris), 25 - 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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