Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Alternative combination: Lophospira oweni
Synonyms: Lophospira saffordi Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Lophospira spoliata Perner 1907, Pleurotomaria (Lophospira) spoliata Perner 1907
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Belongs to Paupospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Horný and Vonka 2001, Perner 1907, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wagner 1999
Sister taxa: Paupospira akpatokensis, Paupospira beatrice, Paupospira bowdeni, Paupospira burginensis, Paupospira circe, Paupospira elevata, Paupospira manitouliensis, Paupospira moorei, Paupospira soluta, Paupospira sumnerensis, Paupospira tenuistriata, Paupospira thebesensis, Paupospira trilineata, Paupospira tropidophora, Paupospira varians, Paupospira viator
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Ontario, Quebec collections), the Czech Republic (2), United States (23: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee)
Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences
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