Dorispira pocatelloensis Geyer 1994 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Rugaeconidae

Alternative combination: Latouchella pocatelloensis

Full reference: G. Geyer. 1994. Middle Cambrian mollusks from Idaho and early conchiferan evolution. New York State Museum Bulletin 481(1):69-86

Belongs to Dorispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Geyer 1994 and Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010

Sister taxa: Dorispira aliciae, Dorispira aperta, Dorispira arguta, Dorispira burlingi, Dorispira comma, Dorispira holmdalense, Dorispira lauta, Dorispira merino, Dorispira pearylandica, Dorispira penecyrano, Dorispira terraustralis

Type specimen: Its type locality is N of nameless gravel road going E from Mink Creek Rd & parallel to Kinney Creek, which is in a Delamaran carbonate limestone in the Elkhead Limestone Formation of Idaho

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at N of nameless gravel road going E from Mink Creek Rd & parallel to Kinney Creek

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