Spirostreptida Brandt, 1833

Wesener, Thomas & RÜhr, Peter T., 2025, Internal gonopod reconstruction in an amber-preserved millipede from the Cretaceous: LaeviglyphiUlUS patriCKMUelleri n. gen., n. sp. (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae), Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (16) 144 (1), pp. 1-8 : 2

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scientific name	Spirostreptida Brandt, 1833
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Order Spirostreptida Brandt, 1833 View in CoL

Remarks: Our fossil specimen clearly belongs to the order Spirostreptida based on the following characters: Architecture of anterior body-rings; body-ring 4 legless ( Figs. 1C View Fig , 2A, B View Fig )); gnathochilarial characters: stipites always separated by mentum and reaching base of gnathochilarium ( Fig. 2E View Fig ); absence of setae from frontal setae as well as setation at body rings (present in Julida ).