Tubospirina

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).

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
Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha[1]
Family:
Craspedostomatidae
Genus:
†Tubospirina

J. Frýda, 1998[2]

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
  1. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  2. Frýda J. (1998). "New Silurian and Devonian gastropod genera of Bohemia". 地球科學 Earth Science 52(3): 229-234., page 234. PDF.
  3. Perner J. (1903, 1907, 1911). "Systéme silurien du center de la Bohéme". Vol. 4. Gasteropodes, Tome 1, 2, 3, Praha.
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