Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Plethospiridae
Synonym: Baichtalia Rohr and Blodgett 2008
Full reference: D. M. Rohr and R. B. Blodgett. 2001. Kirkospira, a new Silurian gastropod from Glacier Bay, southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1678:117-120
Parent taxon: Plethospiridae according to D. M. Rohr and R. B. Blodgett 2001
See also Wagner 2023
Sister taxa: Moenaspira, Plethospirinae, Wortheniopsis
Subtaxa: Kirkospira glacialis Kirkospira lindstroemi Kirkospira tongassensis Kirkospira vitellia
Type: Kirkospira glacialis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (3: Ontario collections), United States (3: Alaska)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
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