Tubospirina
| Tubospirina Temporal range: Silurian | |
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| Tubospirina tubicina from Prague, Jinonice (Czech Republic), at the National Museum (Prague) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha[1] |
| Family: | Craspedostomatidae |
| Genus: | Tubospirina J. Frýda, 1998[2] |
Tubospirina is an extinct genus of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Craspedostomatidae. These snails were parasitic-carnivores. They lived in the Silurian Period, Pridoli Age (from 418.7 ± 1.5 to 416 ± 2.8 mya).
Etymology
The genus name Tubospirina combines the Latin word tubus, meaning "tube" and the genus name Spirina.[2]
Description
The genus Tubospirina is very similar to the genus Spirina, but it can be distinguished by the dextrally coiled shell with a flatly arched upper side. The shells are large, with a wide aperture and a characteristic ornamentation of rounded costae and interspaces. This new genus has been tentatively placed close to the genus Spirina in the family Craspedostomatidae.[2]
Species
- Tubospirina tubicina - Previously known as Spirina tubicina Perner, 1903[3] - recombined as Tubospirina tubicina according to J. Frýda in 1998.[2]
Distribution
This genus has been found in the Silurian of the Czech Republic.
References
- ↑ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- 1 2 3 4 Frýda J. (1998). "New Silurian and Devonian gastropod genera of Bohemia". 地球科學 Earth Science 52(3): 229-234., page 234. PDF.
- ↑ Perner J. (1903, 1907, 1911). "Systéme silurien du center de la Bohéme". Vol. 4. Gasteropodes, Tome 1, 2, 3, Praha.