Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
Alternative combination: Murchisonia subfusiformis
Full reference: J. Hall. 1847. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). Paleontology of New York 1:1-338
Belongs to Fusispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Hall 1847, Hall 1871, Miller 1874, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wilson 1951
Sister taxa: Fusispira angusta, Fusispira bullatus, Fusispira convexa, Fusispira daphne, Fusispira elongata, Fusispira gigantea, Fusispira inflata, Fusispira intermedia, Fusispira nobilis, Fusispira obesus, Fusispira ovalis, Fusispira planulata, Fusispira psyche, Fusispira schucherti, Fusispira spicula, Fusispira subbrevis, Fusispira sulcata, Fusispira terebriformis, Fusispira tsuchidai, Fusispira ventricosa, Fusispira vittata
Subtaxa: Fusispira subfusiformis germana
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Ontario collections), United States (14: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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