Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Full reference: J. S. Peel. 2016. Gastropods from the Carboniferous (Namurian) of Congleton Edge, Cheshire, UK. Papers in Palaeontology 2(3):399-438
Belongs to Meekospira according to J. S. Peel 2016
Sister taxa: Meekospira bambooformis, Meekospira batteni, Meekospira baytuganensis, Meekospira choctawensis, Meekospira delgada, Meekospira evansvillensis, Meekospira knighti, Meekospira ligoni, Meekospira louisvillae, Meekospira mansuyi, Meekospira melanoides, Meekospira mimiae, Meekospira minuta, Meekospira mississippiensis, Meekospira peracuta, Meekospira solenisciforma, Meekospira sulcata, Meekospira symmetrica
Type specimen: PMU 29758, a shell. Its type locality is Pot Bank Quarry Locality 3, Congleton Edge, which is in an Alportian carbonate mudstone in the Morridge Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Chokierian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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