Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Alternative combination: Bulimorpha alvaensis
Full reference: J. W. Beede. 1907. Invertebrate paleontology of the Upper Permian Red Beds of Oklahoma and the panhandle of Texas. Kansas University Science Bulletin 4:113-1171
Belongs to Girtyspira according to E. L. Yochelson and B.W. Saunders 1967
See also Beede 1907 and Knight 1940
Sister taxa: Girtyspira canaliculata, Girtyspira delicata, Girtyspira fusiformis, Girtyspira germanica, Girtyspira inflata, Girtyspira lineata, Girtyspira mediocris, Girtyspira micra, Girtyspira microspirula, Girtyspira minuta, Girtyspira oblonga, Girtyspira pygmaea, Girtyspira yodai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Whitehorse Spring (Kansas coll), which is in a Capitanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal sandstone in the Whitehorse Formation of Oklahoma
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Oklahoma collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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