Lophospira sandbiana Ebbestad et al. 2013 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Full reference: J. O. R. Ebbestad, A. E. S. Högström, and Frisk. 2013. Gastropods and tergomyans from the Upper Ordovician (Viru–Harju) of the Fågelsång area, Scania, southern Sweden. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(3):295-336

Belongs to Lophospira according to J. O. R. Ebbestad et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Lophospira abnormis, Lophospira alata, Lophospira alternans, Lophospira angulata, Lophospira bilirata, Lophospira concurrens, Lophospira conoidea, Lophospira decursa, Lophospira depauperata, Lophospira dubia, Lophospira ferruginea, Lophospira gumbinense, Lophospira gyrogonia, Lophospira hermione, Lophospira infausta, Lophospira infirma, Lophospira jaekeli, Lophospira kinosakii, Lophospira kuckersiana, Lophospira lyckholmiensis, Lophospira major, Lophospira manitoulinensis, Lophospira mickwitzi, Lophospira milleri, Lophospira modesta, Lophospira obliqua, Lophospira ozakii, Lophospira pagoda, Lophospira perangulata, Lophospira producta, Lophospira rectistriata, Lophospira selecta, Lophospira serrulata, Lophospira shallockensis, Lophospira spironema, Lophospira subalata, Lophospira subglobosa, Lophospira superba, Lophospira terrassa, Lophospira tesakovi, Lophospira trispiralis, Lophospira variablis, Lophospira ventricosa, Lophospira viator

Type specimen: PMO 72801, a shell. Its type locality is E14a, Sularp Brook, Fågelsång, which is in an Idavere shallow subtidal shale in the Sularp Formation of Sweden.

Ecology: epifaunal herbivore

Distribution: found only at E14a, Sularp Brook, Fågelsång

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