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Spironema (gastropod)

Genus of gastropods

Genus of gastropods

clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha

†Spironema is a genus of extinct (Cretaceous) sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Description

The American paleontologist Fielding Bradford Meek firstly defined this genus in 1864. He classified the genus in the family Littorinidae. He recognized two species Spironema bella and Spironema tenuilineata in 1864. These species were previously classified within the family Trochidae. Meek's diagnosis reads as follows: Shell ovate; whorls rounded, and separated by a rather deep suture; aperture ovate, lip thin, continuous; columella not thickened, perforated by a very small umbilicus; surface with revolving lines and furrows. The non-perlaceous texture of the interior layer, as well as the other characters of such Cretaceous shells, remove them from the Trochidae.

Species

Species within the genus Spironema include:

  • Spironema bella (Conrad) - synonym: Tuba (?) bella Conrad, from Cretaceous of Alabama
  • Spironema tenuilineata (Meek & Hayden, 1856) - from Cretaceous of Dakota Territory, type species: Turbo tenuilineatus Meek & Hayden, 1856 - synonym: Turbo tenuilineata
  • Spironema perryi Stephenson - from Maastrichtian, Texas. Spironema cf. perryi is also known from the Upper Cretaceous, Cliff House Sandstone, Chaco Canyon, northwestern New Mexico.

References

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References

  1. Meek F. B. (1864). "Check list of the invertebrate fossils of North America. Cretaceous and Jurassic". ''[[Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections]]'' '''7'''(177): [https://archive.org/stream/smithsonianmisce71867smit#page/n661/mode/2up 1]-40. [https://archive.org/stream/smithsonianmisce71867smit#page/n681/mode/2up page 19], [https://archive.org/stream/smithsonianmisce71867smit#page/n697/mode/2up page 35].
  2. Siemers C. T. & King N. R. (1974). "Macroinvertebrate paleoecology of a transgressive marine sandstone, Cliff House Sandstone (Upper Cretaceous), Chaco Canyon, northwestern New Mexico". ''New Mexico Geol. Soc. Guidebook'', 25th Field Conf., Ghost Ranch (Central-Northern N.M.): 267-277. [http://nmgs.nmt.edu/publications/guidebooks/downloads/25/25_p0267_p0277.pdf PDF].
  3. Meek F. B. & Hayden F. V. (1856). "Descriptions of new species of Gastropoda from the Cretaceous formations of Nebraska Territory". ''[[Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia]]'' '''8''': [https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofaca08acad#page/n81/mode/2up 63]-69. [https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofaca08acad#page/n83/mode/2up page 64].
  4. [http://paleodb.geology.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayCollectionDetails&collection_no=7493 "USGS 07545: Maastrichtian, Texas"]. [[The Paleobiology Database]], accessed 11 August 2011.
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