Trepospira discoidalis Newell 1935 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1935. Some Mid-Pennsylvanian invertebrates from Kansas and Oklahoma. II. Stromatoporoidea, Anthozoa, and Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 9(3):341-355

Belongs to Trepospira according to N. D. Newell 1935

Sister taxa: Pleurotomaria (Trepospira) chitralensis, Pleurotomaria (Trepospira) hunica, Trepospira (Trepospira), Trepospira illinoisensis, Trepospira kentuckiensis, Trepospira sphaerulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is near Tyro, which is in a Missourian marine shale in the Stanton Formation of Kansas

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Kansas, Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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