Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Synonym: Globispira Koken and Perner 1925
Full reference: E.B. Branson. 1909. The fauna of the residuary Auburn chert of Lincoln County, Missouri. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 18(4):39-52
Parent taxon: Planozonides according to J. B. Knight et al. 1960
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Planozone, Pleurorima
Subtaxa: Cataschisma convexa Cataschisma convexum Cataschisma exquisita Cataschisma latiangularis Cataschisma microsoma Cataschisma nitida Cataschisma pillula Cataschisma typa Cataschisma typica Cataschisma ulrichi Cataschisma winkleri Globispira acuta
Type: Cataschisma typa
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nunavut), Estonia (1), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (8: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
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