Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Parent taxon: Meekospiridae according to C. Ketwetsuriya et al. 2020
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Knight et al. 1960, Mazaev 2015, Nützel et al. 2000, Nützel and Ketwetsuriya 2016, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Auriptygma, Cambodgia, Ceraunocochlis, Girtyspira, Heterosubulites, Nemdaella, Ninglangella, Oxyspira
Subtaxa: Meekospira acrolopha Meekospira bambooformis Meekospira batteni Meekospira baytuganensis Meekospira choctawensis Meekospira delgada Meekospira evansvillensis Meekospira knighti Meekospira ligoni Meekospira louisvillae Meekospira mansuyi Meekospira melanoides Meekospira mimiae Meekospira minuta Meekospira mississippiensis Meekospira peracuta Meekospira solenisciforma Meekospira sulcata Meekospira symmetrica
Type: Meekospira subconica
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Permian of Cambodia (3 collections), China (8), Greece (5), Iran (1), Malaysia (2), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (6), Thailand (2), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (6), United States (48: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (3)
• Chokierian of the United Kingdom (2)
• Carboniferous of China (1), Peru (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (114: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Devonian of China (1)
Total: 211 collections including 223 occurrences
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