Meekospira knighti Winters 1963 (snail)

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae

Full reference: S. S. Winters. 1963. Supai Formation (Permian) of eastern Arizona. Geological Society of America Memoir 89:1-99

Belongs to Meekospira according to S. S. Winters 1963

Sister taxa: Meekospira acrolopha, Meekospira bambooformis, Meekospira batteni, Meekospira baytuganensis, Meekospira choctawensis, Meekospira delgada, Meekospira evansvillensis, Meekospira ligoni, Meekospira louisvillae, Meekospira mansuyi, Meekospira melanoides, Meekospira mimiae, Meekospira minuta, Meekospira mississippiensis, Meekospira peracuta, Meekospira solenisciforma, Meekospira sulcata, Meekospira symmetrica

Type specimen: AMNH 28017/3:1, a shell. Its type locality is Cibecue Road, Locality 4, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Supai Formation of Arizona.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (4: Arizona collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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