Kokenospira girvanensis Reed 1921 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Alternative combination: Kokenospira lingualis girvanensis

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1921. A monograph of the British Ordovician and Silurian Bellerophontacea. The Palaeontographical Society 31:1-92

Belongs to Kokenospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Reed 1921

Sister taxa: Kokenospira costalis, Kokenospira credibilis, Kokenospira esthona, Kokenospira euphemoides, Kokenospira glabrata, Kokenospira guizhouensis, Kokenospira inflata, Kokenospira insularis, Kokenospira lateralis, Kokenospira latidorsata, Kokenospira lingualis, Kokenospira maccullochi, Kokenospira mullochensis, Kokenospira nicholsoni, Kokenospira retifera, Kokenospira secundus, Kokenospira subdecussatus, Kokenospira virginiana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan, which is in a Rawtheyan carbonate limestone in the South Threave Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan

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