Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Alternative spelling: Meekospirinae
Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1936. Notes on Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 10(6):520-534
Parent taxon: Caenogastropoda according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Knight et al. 1960, Nützel et al. 2000, Nützel and Ketwetsuriya 2016, Nützel and Pan 2005 and Ponder and Warén 1988
Sister taxa: Architaenioglossa, Carinomphalus, Cassianozyga, Cataldia, Cerithiacea, Cerithimorpha, Cerithioidea, Coelodiscidae, Coelostylinidae, Cyclophoracea, Dendropupoidea, Dzikella, Epitonioidea, Idahospira, Loxotomella, Mesogastropoda, Neontaenioglossa, Neotaenioglossa, Orthonematoidea, Palaeostyloidea, Peruneloidea, Perunelomorpha, Pragoscutulidae, Prisconatica, Pseudomelanoidea, Soleniscoidea, Sorbeoconcha, Spanionematidae, Strobeidae, Trinema, Vanikoroidea, Ventrosia, Zygopleuroidea
Subtaxa: Auriptygma Cambodgia Ceraunocochlis Girtyspira Heterosubulites Meekospira Nemdaella Ninglangella Oxyspira
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Permian of Cambodia (7 collections), China (12), Greece (5), Iran (1), Japan (1), Malaysia (2), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (11), Thailand (5), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (6), United States (56: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (3)
• Chokierian of the United Kingdom (2)
• Carboniferous of Australia (3), China (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), Peru (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (130: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Devonian of China (1), the Czech Republic (3), United States (2: Nevada)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (2), Sweden (2)
Total: 268 collections including 336 occurrences